Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
SALLUSTIn victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
More Sallust Quotes
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Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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Enough words, little wisdom.
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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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