In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
SALLUST
All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.
More Sallust Quotes
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In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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No grief reaches the dead.
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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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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Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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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 Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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