Author: Livy

Quotes

The sun has not yet set for all time.

The sun has not yet set for all time.

- Livy

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.

- Livy

Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.

Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.

- Livy

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

- Livy

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.

- Livy

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.

- Livy

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.

- Livy

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

- Livy

Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.

Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.

- Livy

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