“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
“What other result would mixed marriages have except to make unions between patricians and plebeians almost like the promiscuous association of animals?… — Livy Blood flow 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
“Now Brutus had deliberately assumed a mask to hide his true character. When he learned of the murder by Tarquin of the… — Livy History 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
There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed. — Livy Attractive 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
The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening. — Livy Serious 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
“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 old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom. — Livy Freedom Copy Share Image
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted. — Livy Fortune Copy Share Image
