Enough words, little wisdom.
SALLUST
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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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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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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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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To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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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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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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