It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
Interpretation
What this quote means
In tough situations, taking bold actions can often lead to the best outcomes.
This quote by Livy suggests that when faced with challenging or desperate circumstances, it is the courageous and bold decisions that typically yield the safest and most effective results. Instead of hesitating or opting for complacent solutions, being bold can lead to innovation and successful resolutions, particularly when the stakes are high.
Themes
CourageBoldnessDecisionsRiskSafety
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a motivational speech to encourage teams facing difficulties.
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The army from Asia introduced a foreign luxury to Rome; it was then the meals began to require more dishes and more expenditure . . . the cook, who had up to that time been employed as a slave of low price, become dear: what had been nothing but a metier was elevated to an art.
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The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to take as models, base things rotten through and through, to avoid.
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Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.
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The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
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