Livy on appearance
Livy104 quotes“There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.”
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
LivyLivy There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
LivyLivy Wit is the flower of the imagination.
LivyLivy Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
LivyLivy Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
LivyLivy Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
LivyLivy Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
LivyLivy Temerity is not always successful.
LivyLivy Persevere in virtue and diligence.
LivyLivy Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
LivyLivy Great contests generally excite great animosities.
LivyLivy Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
LivyLivy No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
LivyLivy Greater is our terror of the unknown.
LivyLivy There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
LivyLivy In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.
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