Titus Livy

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great
fortune; to acquire it is difficult read more

It is easy at any moment to resign the possession of a great
fortune; to acquire it is difficult and arduous.
[Lat., Facile est momento quo quis velit, cedere possessione
magnae fortunae; facere et parare eam, difficile atque arduum
est.]

Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely
dread.
[Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam read more

Present sufferings seem far greater to men than those they merely
dread.
[Lat., Graviora quae patiantur videntur jam hominibus quam quae
metuant.]

Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays
itself.
[Lat., Ipsa se fraus, etiamsi initio cautior read more

Treachery, though at first very cautious, in the end betrays
itself.
[Lat., Ipsa se fraus, etiamsi initio cautior fuerit, detegit.]

A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
[Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]

A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
[Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]