They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
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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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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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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In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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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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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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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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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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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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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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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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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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Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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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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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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All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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The very life which we enjoy is short.
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It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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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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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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