“There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.”
Book XXXIV, sec. 4
History of Rome
“There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.”
Book XXXIV, sec. 4
History of Rome
Book XXIV, sec. 22
History of Rome
“Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.”
Book VIII, sec. 31
History of Rome
“The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.”
Book XXXIV, sec. 14
History of Rome
“We can endure neither our vices nor the remedies for them.”
Nec vitia nostra nec remedia pati possumus
Praefatio, sec. 9
History of Rome
“You know how to vanquish, Hannibal, but you do not know how to profit from victory.”
Book XXII, sec. 51
History of Rome
“No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.”
Book XXVIII, sec. 28
History of Rome
Origine: History of Rome, Book XXXIV, sec. 4
“No law is sufficiently convenient to all.”
Book XXXIV, sec. 3
History of Rome
Book III, sec. 39
History of Rome
“Many things complicated by nature are restored by reason.”
Book XXVI, sec. 11
History of Rome
“We do not learn this only from the event, which is the master of fools.”
Book XXII, sec. 39
History of Rome
“The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.”
Book XXIV, sec. 21
History of Rome
“There is always more spirit in attack than in defense.”
Book XXVIII, sec. 44
History of Rome