A biography for Livyhasn’t been written yet.
“Resistance to criminal rashness comes better late than never.”
“The result showed that fortune helps the brave.”
“Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.”
“The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom.”
“...we can endure neither our vices nor the remedies needed to cure them.”
“The sun has not yet set for all time.”
“The troubles which have come upon us always seem more serious than those which are only threatening.”
“There are laws for peace as well as war.”
“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.”
“No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.”
“Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.”