Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.
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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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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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Everything destroyed is either resolved into the elements from which it came, or else vanishes into not-being. If things are resolved into the elements from which they came, then there will be others: else how did they come into being at all?
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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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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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In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
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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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The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Each man the architect of his own fate.
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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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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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The very life which we enjoy is short.
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Enough words, little wisdom.
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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.
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It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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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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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 fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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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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