This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
LIVYNothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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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The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.
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Adversity makes men remember God.
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The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
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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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Bad beginnings, bad endings.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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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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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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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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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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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 sun has not yet set for all time.
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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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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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