Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
SALLUSTBut the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
More Sallust Quotes
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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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It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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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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The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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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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Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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