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“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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“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

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“Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.”

Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian

Book XXVI, sec. 11
History of Rome

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“The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.”

Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian

Book III, sec. 39
History of Rome

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“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

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“He would not anticipate those counsels which are rather bestowed by circumstances on men, than by men on circumstances.”

Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian

Book XXII, sec. 38
History of Rome

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“No law is sufficiently convenient to all.”

Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian

Book XXXIV, sec. 3
History of Rome

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“The state is suffering from two opposite vices, avarice and luxury; two plagues which, in the past, have been the ruin of every great empire.”

Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian

Source: History of Rome, Book XXXIV, sec. 4

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“No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.”

Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian

Book XXVIII, sec. 28
History of Rome

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“Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.”

Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian

Book II, sec. 39
History of Rome

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“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

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“From abundance springs satiety.”

Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian

Book III, sec. 1
History of Rome

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“Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.”

Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian

Book VIII, sec. 31
History of Rome

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“The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.”

Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian

Book I, sec. 17
History of Rome

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“It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.”

Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian

Book XXIV, sec. 22
History of Rome

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“There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.”

Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian

Book XXXIV, sec. 4
History of Rome

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“He was always before men’s eyes; a course of action which, by increasing our familiarity with great men, diminishes our respect for them.”

Livy (-59–17 BC) Roman historian

Book XXXV, sec. 10
History of Rome