A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
LIVYNothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
More Livy Quotes
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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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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Woe to the conquered.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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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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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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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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