Livy quotes - page 2

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident. (Livy)
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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No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
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Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.
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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
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We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them. (Livy)
Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.
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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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I approach these questions unwillingly, as they are sore subjects, but no cure can be effected without touching upon and handling them.
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Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
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Woe to the conquered.
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The best known evil is the most tolerable.
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No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
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Passions are generally roused from great conflict.
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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it. (Livy)
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
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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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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 feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
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