“In ancient Greece more than one royal house was guilty of crime which became the stuff of tragedy: now Rome was to… — Livy Copy Share Image
“It is your duty,' he said, 'to recover your country not by gold but by the sword. You will be fighting with… — Livy 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 Copy Share Image
“When Numa died, Rome by the twin disciplines of peace and war was as eminent for self-mastery as for military power.” — Livy Copy Share Image
“At last he was to feel that he had the town, as it were, in his pocket, and was ready for anything.… — Livy Copy Share Image
This was the Athenians' war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have… — Livy Copy Share Image
“What was needed, was not merely a resolute man, but a man who was also free from the net of legal controls.… — Livy 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 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 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 Copy Share Image
“Now Brutus had deliberately assumed a mask to hide his true character. When he learned of the murder by Tarquin of the… — Livy 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 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 Copy Share Image
“Destiny had decreed that the Gauls were still to feel the true meaning of Roman valor, for when the raiders started on… — Livy Copy Share Image
“Servius Sulpicius and M. Tullius were consuls the next year: nothing worth mentioning happened.” — Livy Copy Share Image
There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal. — Livy Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
“[Rhodian delegation:] Every city contains wicked citizens from time to time and an ignorant populace all the time.” — Livy Copy Share Image
