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.
Titus Livius
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More quotes by Titus Livius
- 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.
- The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
- Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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- There are laws for peace as well as war.