The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
SALLUSTFame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
More Sallust Quotes
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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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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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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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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Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.
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As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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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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Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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The very life which we enjoy is short.
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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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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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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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