The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
LIVYThis above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
More Livy Quotes
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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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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Woe to the conquered.
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The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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