It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
SALLUSTIt is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
SALLUSTSince 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.
SALLUSTGreedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
SALLUSTProsperity tries the souls even of the wise.
SALLUSTIn my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
SALLUSTAmbition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
SALLUSTWhen the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.
SALLUSTNo mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
SALLUSTThe soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
SALLUSTDo as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
SALLUSTWe employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
SALLUSTTo desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
SALLUSTThe firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
SALLUSTIn victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
SALLUSTFor men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.
SALLUSTOf the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
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