---
title: "1 Father Spoken Quotes By Livy"
description: "1 Father Spoken quotes by Livy. Plus more from Livy and more Father Spoken sayings from other authors."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/livy-3007_history_at-last-he-was-to-feel-that-he-had-the-t_1034313.png"
---

> [“At last he was to feel that he had the town, as it were, in his pocket, and was ready for anything. Accordingly he sent a confidential messenger to Rome, to ask his father what step he should next take,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/at-last-he-was-to-feel-that-he-had-the-town-as-it-were-in-his-pocket/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/livy-3007_history_at-last-he-was-to-feel-that-he-had-the-t_1034313.png)

## More by Livy

> [Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/present-sufferings-seem-far-greater-to-men-than-those-they-merely/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

> [The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/the-study-of-history-is-the-best-medicine-for-a-sick-mind/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

> [“Servius Sulpicius and M. Tullius were consuls the next year: nothing worth mentioning happened.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/servius-sulpicius-and-m-tullius-were-consuls-the-next-year-nothing/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

> [There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/there-is-an-old-saying-which-from-its-truth-has-become-proverbial/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

> [Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/many-things-complicated-by-nature-are-restored-by-reason/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

> [Bad beginnings, bad endings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/bad-beginnings-bad-endings/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

> [“In ancient Greece more than one royal house was guilty of crime which became the stuff of tragedy: now Rome was to follow the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/in-ancient-greece-more-than-one-royal-house-was-guilty-of-crime-which/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

> [“It is your duty,' he said, 'to recover your country not by gold but by the sword. You will be fighting with all you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/it-is-your-duty-he-said-to-recover-your-country-not-by-gold-but-by/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

> [In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/in-difficult-and-desperate-cases-the-boldest-counsels-are-the-safest/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

> [“There is never any lack at Athens of tongues ready and willing to stir up the passions of the common people; this kind of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/there-is-never-any-lack-at-athens-of-tongues-ready-and-willing-to/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

> [ “\[Rhodian delegation:\] Every city contains wicked citizens from time to time and an ignorant populace all the time.” ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/rhodian-delegation-every-city-contains-wicked-citizens-from-time-to/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

> [Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/nowhere-are-our-calculations-more-frequently-upset-than-in-war/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

> [Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/dignity-is-a-matter-which-concerns-only-mankind/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

> [“The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/the-study-of-history-is-the-best-medicine-for-a-sick-mind-for-in/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

> [No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/no-man-likes-to-be-surpassed-by-those-of-this-own-level/)

[Livy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/livy/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-spoken/livy/#itemlist",
            "name": "1 Father Spoken Quotes By Livy",
            "numberOfItems": 1,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“At last he was to feel that he had the town, as it were, in his pocket, and was ready for anything. Accordingly he sent a confidential messenger to Rome, to ask his father what step he should next take, his power in Gabii being, by God's grace, by this time absolute. Tarquin, I suppose, was not sure of the messenger's good faith: in any case, he said not a word in reply to his question, but with a thoughtful air went out to the garden. The man followed him, and Tarquin, strolling up and down in silence, began knocking off poppy-heads with his stick. The messenger at last wearied of putting his question and waiting for the reply, so he returned to Gabii supposing his mission to have failed. He told Sextus what he had said and what he had seen his father do: the king, he declared, whether from anger, or hatred, or natural arrogance, had not uttered a single word. Sextus realized that though his father had not spoken, he had, by his action, indirectly expressed his meaning clearly enough; so he proceeded at once to act upon his murderous instructions.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Livy"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/livy/at-last-he-was-to-feel-that-he-had-the-town-as-it-were-in-his-pocket/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/livy-3007_history_at-last-he-was-to-feel-that-he-had-the-t_1034313.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/livy-3007_history_at-last-he-was-to-feel-that-he-had-the-t_1034313.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/livy-3007_history_at-last-he-was-to-feel-that-he-had-the-t_1034313.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“At last he was to feel that he had the town, as it were, in his pocket, and was ready for anything…” — Livy",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-spoken/livy/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-spoken/livy/",
            "name": "Father Spoken Quotes by Livy",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-spoken/livy/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cfc/livy-3007_history_at-last-he-was-to-feel-that-he-had-the-t_1034313.png"
            },
            "description": "1 Father Spoken quotes by Livy. Plus more from Livy and more Father Spoken sayings from other authors.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-spoken/livy/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-spoken/livy/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Father Spoken",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-spoken/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "name": "Livy",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-spoken/livy/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```