Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
LIVYNecessity is the last and strongest weapon.
LIVYThe old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
LIVYMen are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
LIVYMen are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
LIVYThis above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
LIVYThose ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
LIVYThere is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
LIVYWit is the flower of the imagination.
LIVYIt is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
LIVYShared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
LIVYThe sun has not yet set for all time.
LIVYWe can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
LIVYNothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
LIVYTreachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
LIVYIn difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
LIVYThere are laws for peace as well as war.
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