Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others. Livy More Quotes by Livy More Quotes From Livy From abundance springs satiety. Livy satietyabundancespring The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind. Livy medicinesickhistorical Bad beginnings, bad endings. Livy The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening. Livy threateningserioustrouble Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never. Livy better-late-than-neverresistancecriminals Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself. Livy betrayendsfirsts No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds. Livy rationalcrime A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity. Livy dignitygentleman Woe to the conquered. Livy woedefeat No law is quite appropriate for all. Livy appropriatelaw That sense – the only true patriotism – comes slowly and springs from the heart: it is founded upon respect for the family and love for the soil. Premature ‘liberty’ of this kind would have been a disaster: we should have been torn to pieces by petty squabbles before we had ever reached political maturity, which, as things were, as made possible by the long quiet years under monarchical government; for it was that government which, as it were, nursed our strength and enabled us ultimately to produce sound fruit from liberty, as only a politically adult nation can. Livy maturityheartspring The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze. Livy sea-breezeseawind That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others. Livy eyedoe The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger. Livy militarydanger Nothing is so uncertain or unpredictable as the feelings of a crowd. Livy crowdsuncertainfeelings Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness. Livy romegreatnesshumble The result showed that fortune helps the brave. Livy resultsbravehelping Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason. Livy complicatedreason Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond. Livy toilpleasureties Thus, if there is anyone who is confident that he can advise me as to the best advantage of the state in this campaign which I am about to conduct, let him not refuse his services to the state, but come with me into Macedonia. I will furnish him with his sea-passage, with a horse, a tent, and even travel-funds. If anyone is reluctant to do this and prefers the leisure of the city to the hardships of campaigning, let him not steer the ship from on shore. Livy horsecitiessea
