There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
LIVYLaw is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
More Livy Quotes
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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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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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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From abundance springs safety.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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