133 Quotes by Livy

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

From abundance springs satiety.

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

Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

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

We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.

No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

You know how to vanquish, Hannibal, but you do not know how to profit from victory.