Titus Livius Quotes

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

The Aitolians, the Akarnanians, the Macedonians, men of the same speech, are united or disunited by trivial causes that arise from time to time; with aliens, with barbarians, all Greeks wage and will wage eternal war; for they are enemies by the will of nature, which is eternal, and not from reasons that change from day to day...

They lived under a just and moderate government, and they admitted that one bond of their fidelity was that their rulers were the better men.

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

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

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

Temerity is not always successful.

There is always more spirit in attack than in defense.

The more common report is that Remus mockingly jumped over the newly raised walls and was forthwith killed by the enraged Romulus, who exclaimed, "So shall it be henceforth with every one who leaps over my walls."

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors.