Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
LIVYTruth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
LIVYIt is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
LIVYPersevere in virtue and diligence.
LIVYWoe to the conquered.
LIVYGreat contests generally excite great animosities.
LIVYThe mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
LIVYNo wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
LIVYShared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
LIVYMany difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
LIVYFriendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
LIVYMen are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
LIVYThere is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
LIVYThe populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
LIVYBetter 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.
LIVYFrom abundance springs safety.
LIVYWe can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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