Livy (c. 59 BCE-17 CE)
“True moderation in the defence of political liberties is indeed a difficult thing: pretending to want fair shares for all, every man raises himself by depressing his neighbour; our anxiety to avoid oppression leads us to practise it ourselves; the injustice we repel, we visit in turn upon others, as if there were no choice except to do it or to suffer it.”
- The History of Rome (Book 3, section 65) by Livy, translated by Aubrey de Sélincourt. New York: Penguin Classics, 2002.
