Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts. — Livy Copy Share Image
Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion. — Livy Copy Share Image
All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident. — Livy Copy Share Image
It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted. — Livy Copy Share Image
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. — Livy Copy Share Image
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and… — Livy Copy Share Image
Nature has ordained that the man who is pleading his own cause before a large audience, will be more readily listened to… — Livy Copy Share Image
I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who… — Livy Copy Share Image
“Servius Sulpicius and M. Tullius were consuls the next year: nothing worth mentioning happened.” — Livy Copy Share
There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal. — Livy Copy Share
“In ancient Greece more than one royal house was guilty of crime which became the stuff of tragedy: now Rome was to follow the… — Livy Copy Share
“It is your duty,' he said, 'to recover your country not by gold but by the sword. You will be fighting with all you… — Livy Copy Share
“There is never any lack at Athens of tongues ready and willing to stir up the passions of the common people; this kind of… — Livy Copy Share
“[Rhodian delegation:] Every city contains wicked citizens from time to time and an ignorant populace all the time.” — Livy Copy Share
“The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of… — Livy Copy Share
