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Sallust90 quotes“No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.”
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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
SallustSallust Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
SallustSallust Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
SallustSallust It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
SallustSallust Enough words, little wisdom.
SallustSallust Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
SallustSallust To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
SallustSallust No grief reaches the dead.
SallustSallust By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
SallustSallust Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
SallustSallust All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
SallustSallust When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.
SallustSallust By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
SallustSallust Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
SallustSallust The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
SallustSallust 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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