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.
SALLUSTFor 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.
More Sallust Quotes
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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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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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A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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No grief reaches the dead.
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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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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and 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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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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