Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
LIVYA woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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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Woe to the conquered.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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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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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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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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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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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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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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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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He will have true glory who despises it.
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