Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
LIVYDignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
More Livy Quotes
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Woe to the conquered.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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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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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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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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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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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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There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
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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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War is just to those to whom war is necessary.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
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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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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
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