Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Livy104 quotes“Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.”
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LivyLivy There are laws for peace as well as war.
LivyLivy Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
LivyLivy Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
LivyLivy Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
LivyLivy Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
LivyLivy It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
LivyLivy It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
LivyLivy It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
LivyLivy 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.
LivyLivy 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.
LivyLivy 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.
LivyLivy This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
LivyLivy This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
LivyLivy This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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