Sallust Quotes

The Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good; just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Modesty
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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Despise Honor Word
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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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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Arms Bribe
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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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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Received
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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Ancestor
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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Safety
Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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Counsel Vow

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