Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
LIVYNothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
More Livy Quotes
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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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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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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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.
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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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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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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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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Woe to the conquered.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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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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