Quotes By Titus Livius

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

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

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.

Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.

From abundance springs satiety.

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

There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.

The sun has not yet set for all time.

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.

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

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

Woe to the conquered.

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

Temerity is not always successful.

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.

He will have true glory who despises it.

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

Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.

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.