“The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.”
Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian
Book XXIV, sec. 21
History of Rome
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@xy, member from Sept. 25, 2023“We do not learn this only from the event, which is the master of fools.”
Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian
Book XXII, sec. 39
History of Rome
“Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.”
Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian
Book XXVI, sec. 11
History of Rome
“Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.”
Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian
Book V, sec. 4
History of Rome
“No law is sufficiently convenient to all.”
Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian
Book XXXIV, sec. 3
History of Rome
“No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.”
Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian
Book XXVIII, sec. 28
History of Rome
“They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women.”
Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian
Book X, sec. 28
History of Rome
“You know how to vanquish, Hannibal, but you do not know how to profit from victory.”
Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian
Book XXII, sec. 51
History of Rome
“We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.”
Nec vitia nostra nec remedia pati possumus
Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian
Praefatio, sec. 9
History of Rome
“The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.”
Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian
Book XXXIV, sec. 14
History of Rome
“Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.”
Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian
Book VIII, sec. 31
History of Rome
“There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.”
Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian
Book XXXIV, sec. 4
History of Rome