Best Livy Quotations
- Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves. Betrayal
- Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. Blessings
- The sun has not yet set for all time. All
- Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts. Blinds
- Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war. Calculations
- Woe to the conquered. Conquered
- It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task. Any
- They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women. Battles
- There are laws for peace as well as war. Laws
- Temerity is not always successful. Always Successful
- The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening. Always Seem
- No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds. Crime
- We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them. Endure
- No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority. Beneficial