It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
LIVYValor is the soldier’s adornment.
More Livy Quotes
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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