Livy Quotes - Page 2

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• There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

  Livy

  Spirit, Defence

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXVIII, section 44,

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• Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

  Livy

  Men, Danger, Spite

  Livy (1967). “The early history of Rome: Books I-V of The history of Rome from its foundation”

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• The army from Asia introduced a foreign luxury to Rome; it was then the meals began to require more dishes and more expenditure . . . the cook, who had up to that time been employed as a slave of low price, become dear: what had been nothing but a metier was elevated to an art.

  Livy

  Art, Food, Army

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• The sun has not yet set for all time.

  Livy

  Sun, All Time

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXXIX, section 26,

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• There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

  Livy

  Poverty, Parsimony, Ashamed

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXXIV, section 4,

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• The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.

  Livy

  Medicine, Sick, Historical

  Livy (1967). “The early history of Rome: Books I-V of The history of Rome from its foundation”

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• Persevere in virtue and diligence.

  Livy

  Perseverance, Persistence, Persevere

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• In adversity assume the countenance of prosperity, and in prosperity moderate the temper and desires.

  Livy

  Adversity, Desire, Assuming

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• No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.

  Livy

  Crime, Rational

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXVIII, section 28,

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• No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.

  Livy

  Want

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book VI, section 34,

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• Great contests generally excite great animosities.

  Livy

  Contests, Contention, Animosity

  Livy (1855). “The History of Rome”, p.129

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• No law is sufficiently convenient to all.

  Livy

  Law, Convenient

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXXIV, section 3,

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• 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

  Humble, Use, Arrogant

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXIV, section 25,

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• No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.

  Livy

  Wickedness, Reason

  Livy, George Baker (1836). “Livy: Book XXIV-XXX”, p.279

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• Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.

  Livy

  Time, Blessed, Men

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, "Annales", XXX. 42, (pp. 289-293), 1922.

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• There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.

  Livy

  Attractive, Creeds

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXXIX, section 16,

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• Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.

  Livy

  Men, Views, Enemy

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXVII, section 44,

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• Prosperity engenders sloth.

  Livy

  Sloth, Prosperity

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• Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.

  Livy

  Men, Wish, Doe

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book V, section 37,

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• We can endure neither our vices nor their cure.

  Livy

  Vices, Cures, Endure

  Livy (1977). “Titus Livius”

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• That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.

  Livy

  Eye, Doe

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• Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.

  Livy

  Clever, Envy, Blind

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• The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon
  valour.

  Livy

  Courage, Honorable, Wells

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book XXXIV, section 14,

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• Temerity is not always successful.

  Livy

  Successful

  Livy (1909). “The history of Rome”

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• Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.

  Livy

  Ties, Toil, Pleasure

  "History of Rome". Book by Livy. Book V, section 4,

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