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.
LIVYThe sun has not yet set for all time.
More Livy Quotes
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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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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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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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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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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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From abundance springs safety.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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