No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
LIVYThat business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
More Livy Quotes
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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