No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
SALLUST
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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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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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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No grief reaches the dead.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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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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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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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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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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