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Quotation from The History of Rome, Books I-V by Livy (Titus Livius)
“when we can neither endure our vices, nor their remedies”
The History of Rome, Books I-V, Preface, trans. D. Spillan (1853)
Livy's judgment on his own age at the end of the civil wars, the end point of the decline he asks readers to trace.
Citation: "when we can neither endure our vices, nor their remedies" — Livy (Titus Livius), The History of Rome, Books I-V, Preface, trans. D. Spillan (1853). (id livy-history-of-rome-books-i-v-q2)
Portrait: Portret van Titus Livius, RP-P-OB-105.256, Unknown engraver, CC0.
