Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
LIVYMany difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
More Livy Quotes
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He will have true glory who despises it.
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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
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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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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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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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No man likes to be surpassed by those of his own level.
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We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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There are laws for peace as well as war.
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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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Great contests generally excite great animosities.
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The sun has not yet set for all time.
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The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.
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We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
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