Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
LIVYWit is the flower of the imagination.
More Livy Quotes
-
-
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
LIVY -
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.
LIVY -
The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
LIVY -
Such 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.
LIVY -
This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
LIVY -
A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
LIVY -
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
LIVY -
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 -
Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
LIVY -
This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
LIVY -
Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
LIVY -
Temerity is not always successful.
LIVY -
The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
LIVY -
Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
LIVY -
Persevere in virtue and diligence.
LIVY