Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
LIVYThose ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
More Livy Quotes
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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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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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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