Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
LIVYHe 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.
More Livy Quotes
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Woe to the conquered.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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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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