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• No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.

  Livy

  Men, Envy, Levels

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 226-27, Annales, XXXVIII. 49, 1922.

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• Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.

  Livy

  Firsts, Ends, Betray

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, (pp. 811-812), 1922.

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• Haste is blind and improvident.

  Livy

  Haste, Blind, Blindness

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

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• Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.

  Livy

  Immortal, Ought, Mortals

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• He will have true glory who despises it.

  Livy

  Glory, Despise

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

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• There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.

  Livy

  Enmity, Should, Immortal

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XL, section 46,

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• Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.

  Livy

  Moving, Scandal

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• The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

  Livy

  Kings, Sweetness

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book I, section 17,

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• Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.

  Livy

  Trust, Betrayal, Integrity

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• Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.

  Livy

  Time, Spring, Events

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, "Annales", XXVII. 9, (pp. 815-816), 1922.

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• Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.

  Livy

  Peace, War, Luck

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• Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.

  Livy

  Weapons, Lasts, Strongest

  "Annales" IV, 28,

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• 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

  Law, Majority, Convenience

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

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• The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger.

  Livy

  Military, Danger

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• In war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.

  Livy

  Leadership, Persuasion, Resources

  "The History of Rome".

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• Bad beginnings, bad endings.

  Livy

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• Wit is the flower of the imagination.

  Livy

  Flower, Imagination, Wit

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• An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.

  Livy

  Honor, Return, Luster

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• The result showed that fortune helps the brave.

  Livy

  Brave, Helping, Results

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book VIII, section 29,

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• Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.

  Livy

  Clever, Men, Shifting

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

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• 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

  Men, Views, Benefits

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book III, section 68,

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• The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.

  Livy

  Poverty, Kind, Shame

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, "Annales", XXXIV. 4, (p. 702), 1922.

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• Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

  Livy

  Humble, Greatness, Rome

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Praefatio, section 4,

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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.

  Livy

  Peace, Hands, Victory

  Livy, Benjamin Oliver Foster, Frank Gardner Moore, Evan Taylor Sage, Alfred Cary Schlesinger (1949). “Livy: Books XXVIII-XXX”

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• Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.

  Livy

  Endurance, Bears, Familiar

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

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