No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
LIVYHe will have true glory who despises it.
More Livy Quotes
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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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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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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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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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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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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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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