No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
LIVYNothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
More Livy Quotes
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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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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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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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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