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?
SALLUSTDeliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
More Sallust Quotes
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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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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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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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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 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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It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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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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But few prize honour more than money.
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Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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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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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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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 glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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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.
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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 fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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The Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good; just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
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