Persevere in virtue and diligence.
LIVYLuck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
More Livy Quotes
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A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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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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Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
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There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
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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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It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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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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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.
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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
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