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It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.

Livy

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
LIVY

Attack Protection Spirit
All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
LIVY

Blind Clear Hurry Man
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
LIVY

Blame Easy Mistake Ourselves Past
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
LIVY

Money Poor Poverty Shame Worst
Wit is the flower of the imagination.
LIVY

Flower Imagination
The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
LIVY

Blame Body Intention Mindset Sin
No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
LIVY

Crime Justice Law Legal Protection
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.
LIVY

Best Garden Government Rule Talk
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
LIVY

Deep Fire Flame One Liner
Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
LIVY

Easy Known Sick
The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
LIVY

Light Move Sea Wind
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
LIVY

Bad Beginning End One Liner
Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
LIVY

Bond Dangerous Hate Man Strong
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
LIVY

Blame Easy Mistake Ourselves Past
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.
LIVY

Advice Care Listening Man Myself Oneself Problem Thinking
Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
LIVY

Control Greatness Himself Intellectual Judgement Luck Moments

It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.

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