Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. — Livy Blame Copy Share Image
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never. — Livy Better late than never Copy Share Image
Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them. — Livy Desire Copy Share Image
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others. — Livy Blind Copy Share Image
A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends… — Livy Anti war Copy Share Image
...war is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope… — Livy Arms 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 Athenians Copy Share Image
“Servius Sulpicius and M. Tullius were consuls the next year: nothing worth mentioning happened.” — Livy Next year Copy Share Image
It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted. — Livy Guilty 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 Advice Copy Share Image
Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection. — Livy Connections Copy Share Image
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself. — Livy Betray 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
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
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
“He [Lucius Papirius Cursor] then gave the order to advance the standards and led out his troops, expostulating on the folly of… — Livy Incompetent 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
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
That sense – the only true patriotism – comes slowly and springs from the heart: it is founded upon respect for the… — Livy Adults Copy Share Image
“True moderation in the defence of political liberties is indeed a difficult thing: pretending to want fair shares for all, every man… — Livy Every man 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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