By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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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Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Enough words, little wisdom.
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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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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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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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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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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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Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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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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The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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