He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
SALLUST
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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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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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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It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the arts of prophecy and of healing, which are part of the cosmos, come of the good providence of the Gods.
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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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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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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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The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.
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In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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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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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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