Adversity reminds men of religion.
LIVYMen are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
More Livy Quotes
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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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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The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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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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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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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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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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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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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
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