Quotes By 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.

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

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.

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

Woe to the conquered.

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

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

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.

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.

From abundance springs satiety.

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

There are laws for peace as well as war.

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

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

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

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.

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.

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

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.

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.

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