Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
LIVYThere is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
More Livy Quotes
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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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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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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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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When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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