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
sins-not mind body
The mind sins, not the body; if there is no intention, there is no blame.
enmity should immortal
There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.
shame ashamed ought
As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought.
terror greater
Greater is our terror of the unknown.
woe defeat
Woe to the conquered.
trust fortune trusted
It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.
sloth prosperity
Prosperity engenders sloth.
shame
False shame only is harmful.
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Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.