The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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For 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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Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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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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In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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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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Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.
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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Everything destroyed is either resolved into the elements from which it came, or else vanishes into not-being. If things are resolved into the elements from which they came, then there will be others: else how did they come into being at all?
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It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are not necessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.
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