As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought. Livy More Quotes by Livy More Quotes From Livy No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason. Livy wickedness reason Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar. Livy endurance familiar bears Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence. Livy exercise may way You know how to vanquish, Hannibal, but you do not know how to profit from victory. Livy vanquish profit victory The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear. Livy names sweet The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty. Livy shame poverty kind Adversity reminds men of religion. Livy adversity men Envy is blind, and she has no other quality than that of detracting from virtue Livy envy quality inspirational Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection. Livy toil together opposites Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal. Livy immortal ought mortals A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts. Livy affected mind 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 appeals circumstances loss Persevere in virtue and diligence. Livy persevere persistence perseverance Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would perish. Livy abandoned social letting-go Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. Livy shifting clever men Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled. Livy despised glory fame Envy is blind. -Caeca invidia est Livy envy blind 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 victory peace hands 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 anti-war victory peace Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war. Livy irrationality upset war
