LivyTruth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed. ✨ History of Rome. Book by Livy. Book XXII, section 39,352ReadingTruth
LivyRome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness. ✨ History of Rome. Book by Livy. Praefatio, section 4,376Reading
LivyFalse shame only is harmful.333Philosophy
LivyValor is the soldier's adornment.302Death
LivyTruth is often eclipsed but never extinguished. ✨ Livy (1834). Livy, p.56379Truth
LivyMen are slower to recognize blessings than evils. ✨ Livy (1949). Livy335Hope
LivyThe army from Asia introduced a foreign luxury to Rome; it was then the meals began to require more dishes and more expenditure . . . the cook, who had up to that time been employ… ▶325Time
LivyFavor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them. ✨ History of Rome. Book by Livy. Book IV, section 57,325ReadingTime
LivyThere is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards. ✨ History of Rome. Book by Livy. Book IV, section 35,337Reading
LivyEnvy like fire always makes for the highest points. ✨ History of Rome. Book by Livy. Book VIII, section 31,326Reading
LivyBetter late than never. ✨ History of Rome. Book by Livy. Book IV, section 2,261Reading
LivyAll things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident. ✨ History of Rome. Book by Livy. Book XXII, section 39,3410Reading
LivyFrom abundance springs satiety. ✨ History of Rome. Book by Livy. Book III, section 1,251Reading
LivyEvents of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances. ✨ Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Annales, XXVII. 9, (pp. 815… ▶328Humor
LivyIt takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.263Time
LivyA certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods. ✨ The History of Rome.285Life
LivyAdversity makes men remember God. ✨ Was the Governor of Tokyo Right -- Is God Punishing Japan? by Mark Joseph, www.foxnews.com. March 29, 2011.242Thought
LivyEnvy is blind. -Caeca invidia est308Reading
LivyThis was the Athenians' war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.287Thought
LivyThis above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions. ✨ History of Rome. Book by Livy. Praefatio, section 10,… ▶298Reading
LivyA fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself. ✨ History of Rome. Book by Livy. Book XLIV, section 15,255Reading
LivyIn difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest. ✨ History of Rome. Book by Livy. Book XXV, section 38,245Reading
LivyThere is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed. ✨ History of Rome. Book by Livy. Book XXXIX, section 16,267Reading
LivyWe can endure neither our vices nor their cure. ✨ Livy (1977). Titus Livius234Humanity
LivyNo wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason. ✨ Livy, George Baker (1836). Livy: Book XXIV-XXX, p.279257Reading
LivyThe old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom. ✨ History of Rome. Book by Livy. Book I, section 17,246Reading
LivyMen are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time. ✨ Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, Annales, XXX. 42, (pp. … ▶258Time
LivyUnder the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own. ✨ History of Rome… ▶237Reading
LivyMen are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. ✨ History of Rome. Book by Livy. Book XXVIII, section 25,182Reading
LivyResistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.215Thought
