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.
SALLUSTEach man the architect of his own fate.
More Sallust Quotes
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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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No grief reaches the dead.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Each man the architect of his own fate.
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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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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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