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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.


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LIVY In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
LIVY Persevere in virtue and diligence.
LIVY Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.
LIVY Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
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LIVY No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
LIVY We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
LIVY In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.
LIVY It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
LIVY Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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LIVY He will have true glory who despises it.
LIVY Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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LIVY All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
LIVY We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.
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LIVY Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.
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LIVY Envy, like fire, soars upward. [Lat., Invidiam, tamquam ignem, summa petere.]
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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
TITUS LIVY Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished
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.
TITUS LIVY