Quotes by
Titus Livius |
59 BC-17 AD , Roman historian
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Quotations
| • | You know how to vanquish, Hannibal, but you do not know how to profit from victory. 5 |
| • | Adversity reminds men of their religious duties. 5 |
| • | Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out. 4 |
| • | Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion. 3 |
| • | Before anything else, Numa decided that he must instill in his subjects the fear of the gods, this being the most effective measure with an ignorant, and at that time uncultured, people. 2 |
| • | Every city contains wicked citizens from time to time and an ignorant populace all the time. 2 |
| • | No law can satisfy everyone. We should be happy if it is beneficial overall and for the majority. 2 |
| • | When luck becomes too favorable, that's when we shouldn't trust it at all. 1 |
| • | There is always more passion in attack than in defense. 1 |
| • | Nowhere do our calculations go wrong so often as in war. 1 |
| • | No crime can ever be justified by logical arguments. 1 |
| • | Events with major consequences can arise from insignificant incidents. 1 |
| • | In difficult and desperate situations, the boldest decisions are the safest. 1 |
| • | Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes. 1 |
| • | The populace is like the sea, motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze. 1 |
| • | We can endure neither our vices nor their cure. 1 |
| • | Show that you are ready for war and you will have peace. 1 |
Latin Quotes
| • | Woe to the vanquished. Vae victis. (said by Brennus, leader of an army of Gauls who captured Rome in 390 BC) 24 |
| • | Better late than never. Potius sero quam numquam. 2 |
