Danger Quote by Livy

Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread.

— Livy

The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.

— Livy

“Servius Sulpicius and M. Tullius were consuls the next year: nothing worth mentioning happened.”

— Livy

There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.

— Livy

Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.

— Livy

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

— Livy

“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

“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

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

— Livy

“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

“[Rhodian delegation:] Every city contains wicked citizens from time to time and an ignorant populace all the time.”

— Livy

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

— Livy