Quotes by
Titus Livius |
59 BC-17 AD , Roman historian
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Quotations
| • | Adversity reminds men of their religious duties. 3 |
| • | You know how to vanquish, Hannibal, but you do not know how to profit from victory. 3 |
| • | Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. 3 |
| • | Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion. 2 |
| • | No law can satisfy everyone. We should be happy if it is beneficial overall and for the majority. 1 |
| • | Every city contains wicked citizens from time to time and an ignorant populace all the time. 1 |
| • | Show that you are ready for war and you will have peace. |
| • | We can endure neither our vices nor their cure. |
| • | The populace is like the sea, motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze. |
| • | Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. |
| • | In difficult and desperate situations, the boldest decisions are the safest. |
| • | Events with major consequences can arise from insignificant incidents. |
| • | No crime can ever be justified by logical arguments. |
| • | Nowhere do our calculations go wrong so often as in war. |
| • | There is always more passion in attack than in defense. |
| • | When luck becomes too favorable, that's when we shouldn't trust it at all. |
| • | Before anything else, Numa decided that he must instill in his subjects the fear of the gods, this being the most effective measure with an ignorant, and at that time uncultured, people. |
Latin Quotes
| • | Woe to the vanquished. Vae victis. (said by Brennus, leader of an army of Gauls who captured Rome in 390 BC) 23 |
| • | Better late than never. Potius sero quam numquam. 1 |
