Livy
Quotes by Livy
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...we can endure neither our vices nor the remedies needed to cure them.
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Fear looks always on the darker side...
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...we can endure neither our vices nor the remedies needed to cure them.
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Fear looks always on the darker side...
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.
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From abundance springs satiety.
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Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
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We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.
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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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Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
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Woe to the conquered.
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Adversity reminds men of religion.
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In difficult situations when hope seems feeble, the boldest plans are safest.
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Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd.
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Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
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Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
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No law is quite appropriate for all.
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