Adversity makes men remember God.
LIVYNo crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
More Livy Quotes
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Woe to the conquered.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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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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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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