No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
LIVYA woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
More Livy Quotes
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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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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He will have true glory who despises it.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Woe to the conquered.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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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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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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