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

Quote by Titus Livius

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The result showed that fortune helps the brave.

The result showed that fortune helps the brave.

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...

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

From abundance springs satiety.

From abundance springs satiety.

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

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

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

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

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

There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of...

There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of...

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

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...

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.

It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that...

It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that...

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

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.

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

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

Woe to the conquered.

Woe to the conquered.

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are...

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are...

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of...

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of...

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...