Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
SALLUSTAll those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
More Sallust Quotes
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When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.
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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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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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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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They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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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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But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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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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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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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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