This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
Titus Livius
Woe to the conquered.
Titus Livius
The sun has not yet set for all time.
Titus Livius
We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.
Titus Livius
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.
Titus Livius
Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.
Titus Livius
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
Titus Livius
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
Titus Livius
Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
Titus Livius
It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
Titus Livius
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
Titus Livius
It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.
Titus Livius
Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
Titus Livius
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
Titus Livius
Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.
Titus Livius
Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.
Titus Livius
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
Titus Livius
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.
Titus Livius
The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
Titus Livius
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
Titus Livius
Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
Titus Livius
Temerity is not always successful.
Titus Livius
They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women.
Titus Livius
The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
Titus Livius
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
Titus Livius
The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
Titus Livius
No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.
Titus Livius
There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
Titus Livius
The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
Titus Livius
There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
Titus Livius
There are laws for peace as well as war.
Titus Livius
All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
Titus Livius
He will have true glory who despises it.
Titus Livius
From abundance springs satiety.
Titus Livius
Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.
Titus Livius
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
Titus Livius
Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.
Titus Livius
Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.
Titus Livius
