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
immortal mortals ought
Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
haste blind blindness
Haste is blind and improvident.
luck littles moments
Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.
time blessed men
Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
money loss
Nothing stings us so bitterly as the loss of money
lasts weapons strongest
Necessity is the last and strongest weapon
moving scandal
Nothing moves more quickly than scandal.
clever envy blind
Envy is blind, and is only clever in depreciating the virtues of others.
endurance bears familiar
Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.
spring abundance satiety
From abundance springs satiety.
men danger spite
Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.
men envy likes
No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.
victory profit vanquish
You know how to vanquish, Hannibal, but you do not know how to profit from victory.
littles graves difficulty
In grave difficulties, and with little hope, the boldest measures are the safest.