One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
More Sallust Quotes
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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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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Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.
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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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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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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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But few prize honour more than money.
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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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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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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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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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