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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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LIVY Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
LIVY Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
LIVY In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
LIVY Persevere in virtue and diligence.
LIVY Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.
LIVY Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
LIVY In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.
LIVY History is the best medicine for a sick mind, for in history you have a record of the infinite varie...
LIVY No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
LIVY We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
LIVY In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.
LIVY It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
LIVY Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
LIVY It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous...
LIVY A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray i...
LIVY Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
LIVY He will have true glory who despises it.
LIVY Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
LIVY There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
LIVY Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magni...
LIVY All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
LIVY We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.
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LIVY Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.
LIVY Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
LIVY Now Brutus had deliberately assumed a mask to hide his true character.  When he learned of the murd...
LIVY Envy, like fire, soars upward. [Lat., Invidiam, tamquam ignem, summa petere.]
TITUS LIVY Men's minds are too ingenious in palliating guilt in themselves. [Lat., Ingenia humana sunt ad sua...
TITUS LIVY In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.
TITUS LIVY We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.
TITUS LIVY Adversity reminds men of religion. [Lat., Adverse res admonent religionum.]
TITUS LIVY Men's plans should be regulated by the circumstances, not circumstances by the plans. [Lat., Cons...
TITUS LIVY In difficult and hopeless situations the boldest plans are the safest.
TITUS LIVY Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself. [Lat., Ipsa se fraus, etiams...
TITUS LIVY Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread. [Lat., Graviora quae pat...
TITUS LIVY Necessity is the last and strongest weapon. [Lat., Necessitas ultimum et maximum telum est.]
TITUS LIVY It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult an...
TITUS LIVY No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level. [Lat., A proximis quisque minime anteire ...
TITUS LIVY A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts. [Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]
TITUS LIVY Experience is the teacher of fools. [Lat., Stultorum eventus magister est.]
TITUS LIVY It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
TITUS LIVY The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty. [Lat., Pessimus quidem pudor vel...
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TITUS LIVY In difficult and hopeless situations the boldest plans are the safest.
TITUS LIVY Rashness is not fortunate
TITUS LIVY The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself - something th...
TITUS LIVY Superstition brings the gods into even the smallest matters
TITUS LIVY Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.
TITUS LIVY Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue
TITUS LIVY It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
TITUS LIVY Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves
TITUS LIVY Adversity makes men remember God
TITUS LIVY Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished
TITUS LIVY Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
TITUS LIVY Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
TITUS LIVY