Livy: Man

Livy was Roman historian. Explore interesting quotes on man.

Livy: 140 quotes72 likes

“All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.”

Book XXII, sec. 39
History of Rome

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

Book IV, sec. 35
History of Rome

“Nature has ordained that the man who is pleading his own cause before a large audience, will be more readily listened to than he who has no object in view other than the public benefit.”

Book III, sec. 68
History of Rome

“He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune’s breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.”
Is demum vir erit, cuius animum neque prosperae res flatu suo efferent nec adversae infringent

Book XLV, sec. 8
History of Rome

“Good fortune and a good disposition are rarely given to the same man.”

Book XXX, sec. 42
History of Rome

“It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.”

Book XXXIV, sec. 4
History of Rome