One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
SALLUSTWhen the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.
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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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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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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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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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 poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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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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No grief reaches the dead.
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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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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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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 firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.
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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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