Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
SALLUSTAll 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.
More Sallust Quotes
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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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The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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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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The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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Enough words, little wisdom.
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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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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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Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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Each man the architect of his own fate.
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To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
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