Livy: Greatness

“There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.”

Livy

Book IV, sec. 35
History of Rome

“Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.”

Livy

Book XXII, sec. 25
History of Rome

“Passions are generally roused from great conflict.”

Livy

Book III, sec. 40
History of Rome

Passion

“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

Book XXXV, sec. 10
History of Rome

Men

“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

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

Suffering , Past

“Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.”

Livy

Praefatio, sec. 4
History of Rome