Quotes from Livy
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
- Livy
Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection.
- Livy
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
- Livy
Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
- Livy
A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
- Livy
A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
- Livy
...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.
- Livy
This was the Athenians' war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
- Livy
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
- Livy
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.
- Livy
No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.
- Livy
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
- Livy