But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
SALLUSTAll 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.
More Sallust Quotes
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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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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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All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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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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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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No grief reaches the dead.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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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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Everything destroyed is either resolved into the elements from which it came, or else vanishes into not-being. If things are resolved into the elements from which they came, then there will be others: else how did they come into being at all?
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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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