We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
LIVYA fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
More Livy Quotes
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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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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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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.
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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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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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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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