This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
LIVYThis above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
LIVYThere is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
LIVYThe sun has not yet set for all time.
LIVYWoe to the conquered.
LIVYNever is work without reward, or reward without work.
LIVYTemerity is not always successful.
LIVYEnvy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
LIVYThere is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
LIVYFrom abundance springs safety.
LIVYEnvy, like flames, soars upwards.
LIVYI 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.
LIVYUnder the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies’ resources, and minimized their own.
LIVYNowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.
LIVYIt takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
LIVYSuch is the nature of crowds: either they are humble and servile or arrogant and dominating. They are incapable of making moderate use of freedom, which is the middle course, or of keeping it.
LIVYResistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
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