A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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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From abundance springs safety.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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Temerity is not always successful.
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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