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Pliny the Elder: 'An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.'

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Pliny the Elder: 'The only certainty is that nothing is certain.'

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Pliny the Elder: 'Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.'

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Pliny the Elder: 'Home is where the heart is.'

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Livy: 'He will have true glory who despises it.'

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

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Livy: 'Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.'

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Livy: 'The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.'

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Livy: 'The result showed that fortune helps the brave.'

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Livy: 'No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.'

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Livy: 'Woe to the conquered.'

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Livy: 'Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.'

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Livy: 'This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.'

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Livy: 'The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.'

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Livy: 'Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.'

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

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

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

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

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

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