Quotes from Livy
An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
— Livy
Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection.
— Livy
Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.
— Livy
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
— Livy
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
— Livy
The sun has not yet set for all time.
— Livy
He will have true glory who despises it.
— Livy
A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
— Livy
Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread.
— Livy
No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.
— Livy
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
The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
— Livy