Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
SALLUSTEverything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
More Sallust Quotes
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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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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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Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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No grief reaches the dead.
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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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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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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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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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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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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
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