Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
LIVYNo one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
More Livy Quotes
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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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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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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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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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