Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
SALLUSTEverything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
More Sallust Quotes
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Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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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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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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It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Each man the architect of his own fate.
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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the arts of prophecy and of healing, which are part of the cosmos, come of the good providence of the Gods.
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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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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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The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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