Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
LivyThe 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.
LivyThe populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
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