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• Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

  Livy

  War, Upset, Irrationality

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXX, section 30,

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• It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

  Livy

  Past, Errors, Easier

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXX, section 30,

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• In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.

  Livy

  Desperate, Cases, Difficult

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXV, section 38,

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• Greater is our terror of the unknown.

  Livy

  Terror, Greater

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXVIII, section 44,

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• No law is quite appropriate for all.

  Livy

  Law, Appropriate

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• Persevere in virtue and diligence.

  Livy

  Perseverance, Persistence, Persevere

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• Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.

  Livy

  Criminals, Resistance, Better Late Than Never

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• Valor is the soldier's adornment.

  Livy

  Military, Soldier, Valor

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• Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.

  Livy

  Complicated, Reason

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXVI, section 11,

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• Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

  Livy

  Difficulty

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXII, section 39,

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• Woe to the conquered.

  Livy

  Woe, Defeat

  Livy (2006). “The History of Rome”, p.394, Hackett Publishing

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• ...war is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.

  Livy

  War, Arms, No Hope

  Livy (1871). “The History of Rome”, p.600

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• War is just to those to whom war is necessary.

  Livy

  War

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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

  Wealth, Moments, Easy

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, "Annales", XXIV. 22, (pp. 864-867), 1922.

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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.

  Livy

  Luck, Littles, Judgment

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXII, section 25,

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• The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.

  Livy

  Sea Breeze, Wind, Sea

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXVIII, section 27,

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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.

  Livy

  Kings, War, History

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• A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.

  Livy

  Mind, Affected

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 311-313), 1922.

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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.

  Livy

  Strong, Law, Limits

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book II, section 3,

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• From abundance springs satiety.

  Livy

  Spring, Abundance, Satiety

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book III, section 1,

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• Passions are generally roused from great conflict.

  Livy

  Passion, Conflict

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book III, section 40,

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• Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.

  Livy

  Men, Luck, Fortune

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXX, section 42,

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• That sense – the only true patriotism – comes slowly and springs from the heart: it is founded upon respect for the family and love for the soil. Premature ‘liberty’ of this kind would have been a disaster: we should have been torn to pieces by petty squabbles before we had ever reached political maturity, which, as things were, as made possible by the long quiet years under monarchical government; for it was that government which, as it were, nursed our strength and enabled us ultimately to produce sound fruit from liberty, as only a politically adult nation can.

  Livy

  Spring, Heart, Maturity

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• The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.

  Livy

  Sweet, Names

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXIV, section 21,

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• Adversity reminds men of religion.

  Livy

  Adversity, Men

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, "Annales", V. 51, (pp. 9-10), 1922.

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