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.
SALLUSTFew men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
More Sallust Quotes
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In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
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Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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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.
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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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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are not necessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.
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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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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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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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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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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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To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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Sovereignty is easily preserved by the very arts by which it was originally created. When, however, energy has given place to indifference, and temperance and justice to passion and arrogance, then as the morals change so changes fortune.
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To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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