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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.


Livy

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There is always something to upset the most careful of human calculations.
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NOSTRADAMUS We read frequently if unknowingly, in quest of a mind more original than our own.
HAROLD BLOOM A statistician made a few calculations and discovered that since the birth of our nation more lives ...
CURTIS BILLINGS Nowhere probably is there more true feeling, and nowhere worse taste, than in a churchyard.
BENJAMIN JOWETT You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our futur...
ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.
FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.
FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD The most dangerous of our calculations are those we call illusions.
GEORGES BERNANOS One of the most constant aspects of American life is change - and nowhere is it more evident than in...
HENRY PAULSON Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
SAMUEL JOHNSON I did frequently refer to my war record in World War II, but not in any flamboyant way.
GEORGE MCGOVERN And since, in our passage through this world, painful circumstances occur more frequently than pleas...
ANN RADCLIFFE Our virtues are most frequently but vices in disguise.
FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD We are certainly at the part of the sun's cycle where flares are popping off more frequently and aff...
DAVID HATHAWAY Nowhere more truly than in his mental capacities is man a part of nature.
EDWARD THORNDIKE He is more upset about this than the case,
BRUCE CUTLER Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
PLAUTUS Things we do not expect, happen more frequently than we wish.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
MARCUS AURELIUS It was one of those perfect English autumnal days which occur more frequently in memory than in life...
P. D. JAMES Failure is more frequently from want of energy than want of capital.
DANIEL WEBSTER What is frequently lost in translation is that our pregnancy rates are anywhere from 40 to 60% highe...
DAVID ADAMSON Immigration in Europe is still considered a problem rather than an opportunity, and nowhere is that ...
ANDREAS SCHLEICHER In discussions around the hiring and firing of Black faculty at universities, the charge is frequent...
AUDRE LORDE The accounting of the sacrifice is, more than anything else, the attitude toward war memorials in ou...
FRIEDRICH ST. FLORIAN There are more film schools here than any other city, pumping out more aspiring filmmakers, and ther...
FRANK SHIELDS I get more upset at losing at other things than chess. I always get upset when I lose at Monopoly.
MAGNUS CARLSEN Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.
MARCUS ANTONIUS Let me tell you, politics is much more difficult than war, ... In politics, there are so many more f...
MASSOUD BARZANI There are more children caught in conflict, in war around the world, than at any time, ... Indeed, v...
CAROL BELLAMY There was nothing more beautiful in the world than the sight of a teacher getting upset.
ROBERT CORMIER Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territor...
GUSTAV STRESEMANN Nowhere in the world do supporters love their clubs more than in England. England is paradise to pla...
ARJEN ROBBEN Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD Our virtues are most frequently but vices disguised.
JUVENAL This is the only way to measure whether the policies and programs that we have in place now are effe...
DANICA JAMISON Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
THOMAS A. EDISON Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.
THOMAS A. EDISON Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth
THOMAS ALVA EDISON Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope.
TITUS MACCIUS PLAUTUS Don't get upset when they try and change or not teach our history because they're willing to learn o...
DONNAYSIA IFIELD In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest. Livy Never make a ...
KING CHARLES I Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER) Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
SENECA Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it
SENECA War of attrition, war of wills. That's what the Stanley Cup playoffs are - more intense, more ph...
GEORGE VECSEY There are so many more interesting things in the world than f**king Jimmy Choo. Maybe (Mellon) is ju...
KIMBERLY STEWART There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses ...
JOHN LOCKE When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of ...
DON WILLIAMS, JR When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of ...
DON WILLIAMS, JR. When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of ...
DON WILLIAMS JR There is no reason any more for me to have any contact with my family. Nowhere on our planet are peo...
MARIJA MILOSEVIC You do not need to support the war going on in Iraq, but please realize that our troops do much more...
ALEXANDRA MCGREGOR The artificial separation of politics and culture is nowhere more pronounced than in the discourse o...
ELLEN WILLIS If you do more than your share you'd better want to: otherwise, you're paying yourself in a currency...
JAMES RICHARDSON The true knowing, living Christian complains more frequently and more bitterly of the wants and woes...
RICHARD BAXTER In a nervous society where a man’s image is frequently more important than his reality, the only p...
HUNTER S. THOMPSON Andrea is more upset now than before because she is getting better and realizes what happened.
ANDREA YATES During this difficult time, with the war in Iraq dominating news coverage, more and more readers and...
DENNIS FITZSIMONS This is more than just a spiritual war. It?s a culture war.
RON LUCE It is a fatal error to enter any war without the will to win it. •Douglas MacArthur All great...
DOUGLAS MACARTHUR Whenever we manage to love without expectations,
calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in ...
JALALUDDIN MEVLANA RUMI I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam.
CHARLES BABBAGE War is not the answer, and more people are feeling that as opposition is rising. We must join our he...
BOB BRAMMER The best companies are able to realize earnings in cash, not through calculations that belong in fan...
DAVID HAWKINS The best companies are able to realize earnings in cash, not through calculations that belong in fan...
DAVID HAWKINS Laughter is more than just a pleasurable activity...When people laugh together, they tend to talk an...
GRETCHEN RUBIN "WE MUST DEVISE A SYSTEM IN WHICH PEACE IS MORE REWARDING THAN WAR."
MARGARET MEAD theres actualy more cells in our brains than there are brains in our entire body
KEN M A million miles from nowhere, is better than going nowhere, a million times.
ANTHONY LICCIONE Chris and Toby are far too sane to be upset any more.
MAGGIE SMITH No weakness of the human mind has more frequently incurred animadversion, than the negligence with w...
SAMUEL JOHNSON The man who holds the ladder at the bottom is frequently of more service than the man at the top.
VIKRANT PARSAI The word 'experienced' often refers to someone who's gotten away with doing the wrong thing more fre...
LAURENCE GONZALES The hard drives in our blades were frequently burning out.
ARTY ECOCK Russia is deeply upset by NATO's military action against sovereign Yugoslavia, which is nothing more...
BORIS YELTSIN We have patrols out there periodically. I told our guys to patrol out there a little more frequently...
CAPT. LESTER BONEY All conventional wisdom has an element of truth to it, but good design requires more than an element...
HENRY PETROSKI Ironically, the Canadian naval vessels, aircraft and personnel in the Persian Gulf I mentioned earli...
PAUL CELLUCCI We have demonstrated that prevention works and deserves support, ... Nevertheless, as in most areas ...
JEFFREY KOPLAN Formation of a new race takes place when, over several generations, individuals in one group reprodu...
J. PHILIPPE RUSHTON Nowhere can a person find greater solitude than alone in flight
WILLIAM LANGEWIESCHE Peace must be more than the absence of war,
HELMUT KOHL Anyway, there were more after the war than before.
HUTTON GIBSON It's nowhere near that. This is different because we all know the money and he obviously deserves to...
JUSTIN PEELLE We can no more condone the wastefulness of self-serving company executives than we can the sacrifice...
JARED POLIS You cannot qualify war in harsher terms than I will. War is cruelty, and you cannot refine it; and t...
WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make m...
SAMUEL JOHNSON Our fears are always more numerous than our dangers.
UNKNOWN War doesn't negate decency. It demands it, even more than in times of peace." - Baba
KHALED HOSSEINI Life it is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it's about experienc...
DANIEL LIBESKIND We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living.
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LIVY Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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LIVY Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
LIVY He will have true glory who despises it.
LIVY Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
LIVY There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
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LIVY All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
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TITUS LIVY In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.
TITUS LIVY We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
TITUS LIVY Adversity reminds men of religion. [Lat., Adverse res admonent religionum.]
TITUS LIVY Men's plans should be regulated by the circumstances, not circumstances by the plans. [Lat., Cons...
TITUS LIVY In difficult and hopeless situations the boldest plans are the safest.
TITUS LIVY Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself. [Lat., Ipsa se fraus, etiams...
TITUS LIVY Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread. [Lat., Graviora quae pat...
TITUS LIVY Necessity is the last and strongest weapon. [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]
TITUS LIVY It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult an...
TITUS LIVY No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level. [Lat., A proximis quisque minime anteire ...
TITUS LIVY A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts. [Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]
TITUS LIVY Experience is the teacher of fools. [Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]
TITUS LIVY It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
TITUS LIVY The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty. [Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel...
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TITUS LIVY It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
TITUS LIVY Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves
TITUS LIVY Adversity makes men remember God
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TITUS LIVY Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
TITUS LIVY Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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