There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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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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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
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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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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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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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