Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
SALLUSTNeither 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.
More Sallust Quotes
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The very life which we enjoy is short.
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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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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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But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
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Enough words, little wisdom.
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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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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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They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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