There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
LIVYIt is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
More Livy Quotes
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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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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