From abundance springs safety.
LIVYResistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
More Livy Quotes
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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