Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
SALLUSTTo 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 man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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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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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Each man the architect of his own fate.
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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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It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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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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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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