Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate… — Livy Copy Share Image
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond. — Livy Copy Share Image
Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection. — Livy 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 Copy Share Image
“Indeed, that is the nature of crowds: the mob is either a humble slave or a cruel aster. As for the middle… — 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
We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to… — 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
