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In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest  (Livy Quotes) Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would perish  (Livy Quotes) Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others  (Livy Quotes) Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread  (Livy Quotes) That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others  (Livy Quotes) A person under the firm persuasion that he can command resources virtually has them  (Livy Quotes) Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state  (Livy Quotes) Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue  (Livy Quotes) It is safer that a bad man should not be accused, than that he should be acquitted  (Livy Quotes) I approach these questions unwillingly, as they are sore subjects, but no cure can be effected without touching upon and handling them  (Livy Quotes) Before anything else decided that he must instill in his subjects the fear of the gods, this being the most effective measure with an ignorant, and at that time uncultured, people  (Livy Quotes) Nature has ordained that the man who is pleading his own cause before a large audience, will be more readily listened to than he who has no object in view other than the public benefit  (Livy Quotes) They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women  (Livy Quotes) Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment  (Livy Quotes) He would not anticipate those counsels which are rather bestowed by circumstances on men, than by men on circumstances  (Livy Quotes) They lived under a just and moderate government, and they admitted that one bond of their fidelity was that their rulers were the better men  (Livy Quotes) It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task  (Livy Quotes) I approach these questions unwillingly, as it wounds, but no cure can be effected without touching upon and handling them  (Livy Quotes) 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  (Livy Quotes) 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  (Livy Quotes) No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority  (Livy Quotes) The state is suffering from two opposite vices, avarice and luxury; two plagues which, in the past, have been the ruin of every great empire  (Livy Quotes) He was always before men’s eyes; a course of action which, by increasing our familiarity with great men, diminishes our respect for them  (Livy Quotes) Such impetuous schemes and boldness are at first sight alluring, but are difficult to handle, and in the result disastrous  (Livy Quotes) There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal  (Livy Quotes) 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  (Livy Quotes) Hasty and adventurous schemes are at first view flattering, in execution difficult, and in the issue disastrous  (Livy Quotes) To those to whom war is necessary it is just; and a resort to arms is righteous in those to whom no means of assistance remain except by arms  (Livy Quotes) 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 Quotes) It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous  (Livy Quotes)
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