There are laws for peace as well as war.
LIVYAll things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
More Livy Quotes
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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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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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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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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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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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.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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Wit is the flower of the imagination.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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