Livy

The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.

— Livy

Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.

— Livy

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

— Livy

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

— Livy

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

— Livy

It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.

— Livy

Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.

— Livy

The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.

— Livy

It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.

— Livy

This was the Athenians' war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have…

— Livy

I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who…

— Livy

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.

— Livy

Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection.

— Livy

No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and…

— Livy

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

— Livy

The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.

— Livy

By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.

— Livy

No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.

— Livy

In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.

— Livy

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

— Livy

Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.

— Livy

We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.

— Livy