In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
SALLUSTNo mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
More Sallust Quotes
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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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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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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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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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The very life which we enjoy is short.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Enough words, little wisdom.
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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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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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Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
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To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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