Quotes By Titus Livius

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

Woe to the conquered.

Temerity is not always successful.

Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.

Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.

They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

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

Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.

Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.

He will have true glory who despises it.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

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

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.

The result showed that fortune helps the brave.

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.

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

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.

We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.

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

It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.

From abundance springs satiety.