That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
LIVYFriends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
More Livy Quotes
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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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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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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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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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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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
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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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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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