The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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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He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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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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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
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Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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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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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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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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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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