Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
SALLUSTIn victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
More Sallust Quotes
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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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The very life which we enjoy is short.
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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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When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.
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Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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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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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.
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