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
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An honor prudently declined often returns with increased luster.
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A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
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Greater is our terror of the unknown.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
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That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.
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Friends should be judged by their acts, not their words.
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No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.
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There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
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Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
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Certain peace is better and safer than anticipated victory.
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Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.