Livy Quotes

Livy — Roman Historian

Titus Livius Patavinus—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 take up the writing of history. Livy and Augustus's wife, Livia, were from the same clan in different locations, although not related by blood... (wikipedia)

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

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

Rome has grown since its humble beginnings that it is now overwhelmed by its own greatness.

It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.