There were few who preferred honor to money.
SALLUSTThere were few who preferred honor to money.
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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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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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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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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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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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To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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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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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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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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It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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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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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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