Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
SALLUSTGreedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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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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By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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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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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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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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No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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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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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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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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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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Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
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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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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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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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Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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