No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
LIVYValor is the soldier’s adornment.
More Livy Quotes
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A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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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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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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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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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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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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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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