Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
LIVYFriendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
More Livy Quotes
-
-
Bad beginnings, bad endings.
LIVY -
This was the Athenians’ war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.
LIVY -
I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.
LIVY -
Men’s minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
LIVY -
Great contests generally excite great animosities.
LIVY -
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
LIVY -
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.
LIVY -
Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.
LIVY -
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
LIVY -
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.
LIVY -
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
LIVY -
There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
LIVY -
A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.
LIVY -
This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
LIVY -
The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.
LIVY