No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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More Livy Quotes
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Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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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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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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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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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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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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In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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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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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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From abundance springs safety.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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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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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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