Livy
history medicine sick mind variety human experience
"The study of history is the best medicine for a sick mind; for in history you have a record of the infinite variety of human experience plainly set out for all to see; and in that record you can find yourself and your country both examples and warnings; fine things to take as models, base things rotten through and through, to avoid."
— Livy (59BC-17)
blessing evil
"Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils."
— Livy (59BC-17)
survive adversity perish ease comfort
"We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort."
— Livy (59BC-17)
work reward
"Never is work without reward, or reward without work."
— Livy (59BC-17)
false creed attractive garb scam fake
"There is nothing that is more often clothed in an attractive garb than a false creed."
— Livy (59BC-17)
truth eclipse extinguish
"Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished."
— Livy (59BC-17)
excellence time maturity
"It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity."
— Livy (59BC-17)
shared danger fear propaganda
"Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion."
— Livy (59BC-17)
temerity success
"Temerity is not always successful."
— Livy (59BC-17)
poverty parsimony shame
"There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty."
— Livy (59BC-17)
contest competition animosity
"Great contests generally excite great animosities."
— Livy (59BC-17)
fear pessimist
"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."
— Livy (59BC-17)
fear danger
"The less there is of fear, the less there is of danger."
— Livy (59BC-17)
wit flower imagination
"Wit is the flower of the imagination."
— Livy (59BC-17)
clear distinct hurry haste blind
"All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident."
— Livy (59BC-17)