No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
SALLUSTThere were few who preferred honor to money.
More Sallust Quotes
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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 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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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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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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Enough words, little wisdom.
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But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.
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It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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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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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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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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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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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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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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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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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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