Source: The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
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Source: The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
“...we can endure neither our vices nor the remedies needed to cure them.”
Source: The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
Source: The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
Source: The History of Rome, Books 1-5: The Early History of Rome
“Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would perish.”
“The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.”
“Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread.”
“Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.”
“Temerity is not always successful.”
Source: The history of Rome
“You know how to vanquish, Hannibal, but you do not know how to profit from victory.”
“A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.”
“An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.”
“Great contests generally excite great animosities.”
Source: The history of Rome
“Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.”
“That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.”
“Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.”
“The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.”