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.
LIVYA gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
More Livy Quotes
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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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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Law 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.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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From abundance springs safety.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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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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