Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
SALLUSTAmong intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
More Sallust Quotes
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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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Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.
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Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.
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Enough words, little wisdom.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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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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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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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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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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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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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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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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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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