Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
LIVYAll things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
More Livy Quotes
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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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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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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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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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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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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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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Woe to the conquered.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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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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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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