Temerity is not always successful.
Titus Livius

The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.
Titus Livius

The populace is like the sea motionless in itself, but stirred by every wind, even the lightest breeze.
Titus Livius

The result showed that fortune helps the brave.
Titus Livius

The sun has not yet set for all time.
Titus Livius

The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.
Titus Livius

There are laws for peace as well as war.
Titus Livius

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.
Titus Livius

There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.
Titus Livius

There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed.
Titus Livius

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.
Titus Livius

They are more than men at the outset of their battles; at the end they are less than the women.
Titus Livius

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

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

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

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.
Titus Livius

We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.
Titus Livius

Woe to the conquered.
Titus Livius