Quotes from Livy

Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.

A certain peace is better and safer than a victory in prospect; the former is at your own disposal, the latter depends upon the gods.

Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.

A gentleman is mindful no less of the freedom of others than of his own dignity.

Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays itself.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

War is just to those to whom war is necessary.

Nowhere are our calculations more frequently upset than in war.

...war is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.

This was the Athenians' war against the King of Macedon, a war of words. Words are the only weapons the Athenians have left.

There is always more spirit in attack than in defence.

Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.

I have often heard that the outstanding man is he who thinks deeply about a problem, and the next is he who listens carefully to advice.

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.

He is truly a man who will not permit himself to be unduly elated when fortune's breeze is favorable, or cast down when it is adverse.

From abundance springs satiety.

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

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

No man likes to be surpassed by those of this own level.

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

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

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.

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

The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind.