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