The sun has not yet set for all time.
LIVYThere is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
More Livy Quotes
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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