It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
LIVYThose ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
More Livy Quotes
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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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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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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A 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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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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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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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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