Livy Full Name Titus Livius   5917 Quotes

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Roman historian, admitted to the court of Augustus c.29 BC. His consisted of142 books, of which only parts have survived.

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

Book XXX, sec. 30

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

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— Book XXVIII, sec. 25

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From abundance springs satiety.

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— Book III, sec. 1

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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.

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— Book XXVII, sec. 44

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For he considered that, in many cases, but especially in war, mere appearances have had all the effect of realities; and that a person, under a firm persuasion that he can command resources, virtually has them; that very prospect inspiring him with hope and boldness in his exertions.

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— Book XXXIV, sec. 12

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Sic deinde, quicumque alius transiliet moenia mea!

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— Translation: And so be damned, whomever shall jump over my walls!
— Book I, sec. 7
— Spoken when Romulus slew his brother Remus for jumping over the walls of his encampment (soon to be Rome) in mockery.

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

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— Book I, sec. 17

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Before anything else [Numa] decided that he must instill in his subjects the fear of the gods, this being the most effective measure with an ignorant, and at that time uncultured, people.

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— Book I, sec. 19

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Law is a thing which is insensible, and inexorable, more beneficial and more profitious to the weak than to the strong; it admits of no mitigation nor pardon, once you have overstepped its limits.

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— Book II, sec. 3

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Potius sero quam numquam.

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— Translation: Better late than never.
— Variant: Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
— Book IV, sec. 2

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In valor you are their equals; in necessity, the last and strongest weapon, their superiors.

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— Book IV, sec. 28

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

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— Book IV, sec. 35

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

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— Book IV, sec. 57

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

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— Book XXII, sec. 25

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He would not anticipate those counsels which are rather bestowed by circumstances on men, than by men on circumstances.

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— Book XXII, sec. 38

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He will have true glory who despises it.

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— Book XXII, sec. 39

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

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— Book XXII, sec. 39

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Such is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.

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— Book XXIV, sec. 25

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Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.

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— Book XXV, sec. 11

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

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— Book XXV, sec. 38

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Greater is our terror of the unknown.

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— Book XXVIII, sec. 44

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Men are slower to recognise blessings than misfortunes.

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— Book XXX, sec. 21

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Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

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— Book XXX, sec. 30

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Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.

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— Book XXX, sec. 30

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

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— Book XXXIV, sec. 4

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

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— Book XXXIV, sec. 4

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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.

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— Book XXXIV, sec. 14

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Is demum uir erit, cuius animum neque prosperae <res> flatu suo efferent nec aduersae infringent.

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— Translation: He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
— Book XLV, sec. 8

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Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.

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— A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
— Livy, Annales, VI. 34.

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Barbaris ex fortuna pendet fides.

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— The fidelity of barbarians depends on fortune.
— Livy, Annales, XXVIII. 17.

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