No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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.
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No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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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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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.
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Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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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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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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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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