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

Quote by Titus Livius

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No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if...

No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if...

The sun has not yet set for all time.

The sun has not yet set for all time.

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her...

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her...

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

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...

Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.

Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.

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

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

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...

We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.

We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

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.

They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they...

They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they...

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...

Temerity is not always successful.

Temerity is not always successful.

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

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

He will have true glory who despises it.

He will have true glory who despises it.

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

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...