Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

Quote by Titus Livius

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Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.

Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste...

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste...

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray...

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray...

Woe to the conquered.

Woe to the conquered.

He will have true glory who despises it.

He will have true glory who despises it.

Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.

Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.

Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise...

Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise...

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

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

It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up...

It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up...

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.

There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false...

There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false...

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not...

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not...

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

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

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

The sun has not yet set for all time.

The sun has not yet set for all time.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

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

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

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

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