133 Quotes by Livy

Woe to the conquered.

Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.

War is just to those to whom war is necessary.

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.

Never is work without reward, or reward without work.

...war is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.

Wit is the flower of the imagination.

Bad beginnings, bad endings.

When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.