It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
LIVYIt is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
LIVYThe result showed that fortune helps the brave.
LIVYIt is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
LIVYThe less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
LIVYShared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
LIVYNever is work without reward, or reward without work.
LIVYTreachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
LIVYA woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
LIVYNo law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
LIVYNothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
LIVYSuch 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.
LIVYFriendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
LIVYThe most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
LIVYThe 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.
LIVYWoe to the conquered.
LIVYThat business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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