Livy
Livy
Titus Livius—known as Livy /ˈlɪvi/ in English—was a Roman historian who wrote a monumental history of Rome and the Roman people – Ab Urbe Condita Libri– covering the period from the earliest legends of Rome before the traditional foundation in 753 BC through the reign of Augustus in Livy's own time. He was on familiar terms with the Julio-Claudian dynasty, advising Augustus's grandnephew, the future emperor Claudius, as a young man not long before 14 AD in a letter to...
NationalityRoman
ProfessionHistorian
shame ashamed ought
As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought.
poverty kind shame
The worst kind of shame is being ashamed of frugality or poverty.
mind affected
A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
firsts ends cautious
Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.
serious threatening trouble
The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
passion conflict
Passions are generally roused from great conflict.
men views benefits
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.
want
No one wants to be excelled by his relatives.
men suffering dread
Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely dread.
hurt loss
Nothing hurts worse than the loss of money.
trust fortune trusted
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
fame glory despised
Fame opportunely despised often comes back redoubled.
adversity men prosperity
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.
peace hands victory
Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.