In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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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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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
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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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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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