No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
LIVYHe is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
More Livy Quotes
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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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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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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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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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