Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
SALLUSTThe glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
More Sallust Quotes
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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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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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Each man the architect of his own fate.
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Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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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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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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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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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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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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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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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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