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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Envy, like flames, soars upwards.
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Never is work without reward, or reward without work.
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The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.
gentleman dignity
A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.
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Prosperity engenders sloth.
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Men are seldom blessed with good fortune and good sense at the same time.
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Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.
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Men's minds are too ready to excuse guilt in themselves.
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Toil and pleasure, in their natures opposite, are yet linked together in a kind of necessary connection.
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Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.
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Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.
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False shame only is harmful.
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Haste is blind and improvident.
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The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.