black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.

Livy

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.
LIVY

Blind Clear Hurry Man
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
LIVY

Blame Easy Mistake Ourselves Past
We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.
LIVY

Endurance Ourselves Vice
From abundance springs safety.
LIVY

Material Safety Spring Wealth
Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
LIVY

Easy Known Sick
There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
LIVY

Greatness Man Promise Reward
The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
LIVY

Blame Body Intention Mindset Sin
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.
LIVY

Law Limitation Strong Weakness
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

Action Appearance Bold Brave Courage Himself Hope Inspirational Person Reality War
Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.
LIVY

Death End Hide Truth
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
LIVY

Fortune Herself Money Trust Wealth
Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.
LIVY

Better God Hands Hope Peace Power Safety Victory
The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
LIVY

Honor Journey Path Safety
A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.
LIVY

Better God Peace Safety Victory
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
LIVY

Bond Nature Relationship Unity
He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.
LIVY

Adversity Fortune Himself Man True

We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Livy Quotes