Roman - Historian | 59 BC - 17
From abundance springs satiety.
Livy
AbundanceSprings
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
WarUpsetMoreNowhereThanOur
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
PovertyNothingAshamedBeingWorse
The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
BraveResultFortuneHelps
Temerity is not always successful.
AlwaysSuccessful
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
DifficultDesperateCasesSafest
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
MenBlameCleverOthersShoulders
Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.
MenBlessingsMisfortunesRecognize
It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
ManBetterGuiltyThanHeTrial
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
NatureBondPleasureUnitedNatural
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.
FearMenInfluenceViewResources
Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
MenWishViolenceSheFortuneHer
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