Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
SALLUSTIt 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.
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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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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A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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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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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
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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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Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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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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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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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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