Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
SALLUSTBy the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
More Sallust Quotes
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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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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To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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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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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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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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By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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