War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
LIVYWar is just to those to whom war is necessary.
LIVYTreachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
LIVYThose ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
LIVYLaw 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.
LIVYThere is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
LIVYAdversity makes men remember God.
LIVYEnvy, like flames, soars upwards.
LIVYAn honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
LIVYNowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
LIVYMany difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
LIVYGreater is our terror of the unknown.
LIVYThere is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
LIVYNothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
LIVYThe old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
LIVYBad beginnings, bad endings.
LIVYA certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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