Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
LIVYTemerity is not always successful.
More Livy Quotes
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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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Adversity makes men remember God.
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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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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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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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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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