Livy Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Livy
Livy Famous Quotes & Sayings
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War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.
The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
Men of outstanding ability are more likely to lack the power of controlling their own people than of defeating an enemy in battle.
It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.
This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought.
He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
When Numa died, Rome by the twin disciplines of peace and war was as eminent for self-mastery as for military power.
Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
He creates one hundred senators, either because that number was sufficient, or because there were only one hundred who could name their fathers. They
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous
Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
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.
[Rhodian delegation:]
Every city contains wicked citizens from time to time and an ignorant populace all the time.
Every city contains wicked citizens from time to time and an ignorant populace all the time.
The Roman envoys replied that they would go where their own generals led them, not where bidden by their enemies.