Livy

"Get busy living or get busy dying."

"That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do."

"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."

"The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be."

"In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends."

"The most important thing is to never stop questioning."

"The great city of Rome was built on the backs of those who remembered their history."

"To write history is to preserve the soul of a nation."

"Men are more inclined to believe what they wish to be true than what the evidence shows."

"The chronicler must distinguish between rumor and reality, or lose all authority."

"Those who forget the mistakes of their ancestors are doomed to repeat them."

"Power without restraint becomes tyranny; tyranny without resistance becomes permanence."

"The virtue of Rome was built upon discipline and the willingness to sacrifice for the common good."

"Nations are not conquered by armies alone, but by the erosion of the values that made them strong."

"To understand the present, one must study the past with unflinching honesty."

"The greatest leaders are those who serve something greater than themselves."

"Fear is the weapon of tyrants; courage is the shield of the free."

"Loyalty to one's country must never compromise one's commitment to truth."

"The seeds of a nation's decline are often sown in its moment of greatest triumph."

"History judges not by intentions, but by consequences."

"The preservation of the state requires that ordinary citizens maintain the vigilance of patriots."

"To narrate events truly is to exercise power over the future understanding of mankind."

"The memory of great deeds inspires future generations to pursue greatness themselves."

"Civil discord within a state is more dangerous than any external enemy."

"The measure of a civilization is found not in its conquests, but in its laws and institutions."

"Those who refuse to learn from history become its victims rather than its masters."

"Courage without wisdom is merely recklessness; wisdom without courage is cowardice."

"The strength of Rome lay not in individual heroism, but in the collective will of its people."

"Nations rise and fall not by chance, but by the choices their leaders make."

"To write history requires the courage to tell uncomfortable truths."