The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
LIVYIt is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
More Livy Quotes
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Valor is the soldier’s adornment.
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There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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Persevere in virtue and diligence.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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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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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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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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Woe to the conquered.
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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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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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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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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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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