Prosperity engenders sloth.
LIVYIt is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
More Livy Quotes
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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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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Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.
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