Quotes from Livy
Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.
— Livy
Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread.
— Livy
Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.
— Livy
Once let good faith be abandoned, and all social existence would perish.
— Livy
An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
— Livy
Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.
— 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
It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.
— Livy
Adversity reminds men of religion.
— Livy
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
— Livy
He will have true glory who despises it.
— Livy
The sun has not yet set for all time.
— Livy