Dignity is a matter which concerns only mankind.
LIVYThis above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.
More Livy Quotes
-
-
There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
LIVY -
No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
LIVY -
The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
LIVY -
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 -
Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.
LIVY -
Adversity reminds men of religion.
LIVY -
It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
LIVY -
The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
LIVY -
Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
LIVY -
Adversity makes men remember God.
LIVY -
Great contests generally excite great animosities.
LIVY -
Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
LIVY -
Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
LIVY -
We feel public misfortunes just so far as they affect our private circumstances, and nothing of this nature appeals more directly to us than the loss of money.
LIVY -
That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
LIVY