133 Quotes by Livy

Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.

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

Adversity makes men remember God.

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.

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

The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to take as models, base things rotten through and through, to avoid.

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

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.