Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
LIVYRome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
More Livy Quotes
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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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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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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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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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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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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