Sallust Quotes
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To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship.
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Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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A small state increases by concord; the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension.
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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light
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For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.
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In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
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The very life which we enjoy is short. [Lat., Vita ipsa qua fruimur brevis est.]
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It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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That power of the Gods which orders for the good things which are not uniform, and which happen contrary to expectation, is commonly called Fortune, and it is for this reason that the Goddess is especially worshipped in public by cities; for every city consists of elements which are not uniform.
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The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal. [Lat., Divitarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis; virtus clara aeternaque habetur.]
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In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
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All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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One may call the world a myth , in which bodies and things are visible, but souls and minds hidden. Besides, to wish to teach the whole truth about the Gods to all produces contempt in the foolish, because they cannot understand, and lack of zeal in the good, whereas to conceal the truth by myths prevents the contempt of the foolish, and compels the good to practice philosophy.
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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
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The fact that the stars predict high or low rank for the father of the person whose horoscope is taken, teaches that they do not always make things happen but sometimes only indicate things. For how could things which preceded the birth depend upon the birth?
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Souls are punished when they have gone forth from the body, some wandering among us, some going to hot or cold places of the earth, some harassed by spirits. Under all circumstances they suffer with the irrational part of their nature, with which they also sinned. For its sake there subsists that shadowy body which is seen about graves, especially the graves of evil livers.
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It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are notnecessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.
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No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
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