black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.

Sallust

Necessity makes even the timid brave.
SALLUST

Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
SALLUST

Fame Light Passion Shadow Stand
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
SALLUST

Body Employment Mindset Rule Serve
The very life which we enjoy is short.
SALLUST

Enjoyment Life One Liner Short
But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
SALLUST

Assurance Bury Fate Fortune Principle Raise Rule
The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
SALLUST

Dangerous Glory Man Mindset Terror
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
SALLUST

Beginning Difficult Easy Oneself Stop
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
SALLUST

Deep Man Poor Power Seek
To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
SALLUST

Bond Friendship True
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.
SALLUST

Animal Best Life Man Obedience Stomach Through
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
SALLUST

Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
SALLUST

Depression Fortune Justice Rule Willing
To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
SALLUST

Bond Desire Friendship
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
SALLUST

Beginning Care Execution Zeal
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
SALLUST

Beautiful Excellence Mental Possession Rich
But few prize honour more than money.
SALLUST

Honor Money Prize

Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Sallust Quotes