It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
LIVYShared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
More Livy Quotes
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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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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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From abundance springs safety.
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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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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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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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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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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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He will have true glory who despises it.
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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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