We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
LIVYLaw 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.
More Livy Quotes
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
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When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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