Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time. — Livy Blessed Copy Share Image
“[Rhodian delegation:] Every city contains wicked citizens from time to time and an ignorant populace all the time.” — Livy Populace Copy Share Image
Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is… — Livy Assured Copy Share Image
As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought not, she will not be ashamed of what she… — Livy Ashamed Copy Share Image
The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze. — Livy Breeze Copy Share Image
We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to… — Livy Appeals Copy Share Image
In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires. — Livy Adversity Copy Share Image
All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident. — Livy All things Copy Share Image
“The Roman envoys replied that they would go where their own generals led them, not where bidden by their enemies.” — Livy Copy Share Image
Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it… — Livy Beneficial Copy Share Image
The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself - something that's in all of us,… — Livy Behinds Copy Share Image
“Rome would never have need of a dictator if she had such men in office, men so united in heart, as ready… — Livy Investing 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 Audience Copy Share Image
“He [Lucius Papirius Cursor] then gave the order to advance the standards and led out his troops, expostulating on the folly of… — Livy Peace And War Copy Share Image
“Believing, as they now did, that the heavenly powers took part in human affairs, they became so much absorbed in the cultivation… — Livy Faith Copy Share Image
“Indeed, that is the nature of crowds: the mob is either a humble slave or a cruel master. As for the middle… — Livy Middle way Copy Share Image
“There is never any lack at Athens of tongues ready and willing to stir up the passions of the common people; this… — Livy Common people Copy Share Image
“The political reputation of Servius rests upon his organization of society according to a fixed scale of rank and fortune. He originated… — Livy Census Copy Share Image
“The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite… — Livy Country Copy Share Image
“I am a Roman,' he said to the king; 'my name is Gaius Mucius. I came here to kill you - my… — Livy Courage Copy Share Image
Thus, if there is anyone who is confident that he can advise me as to the best advantage of the state in… — Livy Advantage Copy Share Image
“There, publicly throwing off the mask under which he had hitherto concealed his real character and feelings, he made a speech painting… — Livy Brutus Copy Share Image
“Now I would solicit the particular attention of those numerous people who imagine that money is everything in this world, and that… — Livy Agriculture Copy Share Image
“Before the troops left Rome, the consul Varro made a number of extremely arrogant speeches. The nobles, he complained, were directly responsible… — Livy Seize the opportunity Copy Share Image
“The story is that while a child named Servius Tullius lay sleeping, his head burst into flames in the sight of many.… — Livy Children Copy Share Image
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