The sun has not yet set for all time.
LIVYA fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
More Livy Quotes
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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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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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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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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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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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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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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