Titus Livius

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. ↗

— Titus Livius

#fear #influence #leads #magnified #men

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

— Titus Livius

#blind #clear #distinct #does #haste

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

— Titus Livius

#better #brought #guilty #man #should

It is easier to criticize than to correct our past errors. ↗

— Titus Livius

#criticize #easier #errors #our #past

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

— Titus Livius

#clever #men #only #others #own

Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence. ↗

— Titus Livius

#difficulties #exercise #intelligence #many #may

The result showed that fortune helps the brave. ↗

— Titus Livius

#fortune #helps #result #showed

It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task. ↗

— Titus Livius

#arduous #build #difficult #easy #fortune

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds. ↗

— Titus Livius

#defended #ever #grounds #rational

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

— Titus Livius

#carefully #concealed #end #fraudulent #generally