All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
SALLUSTJust to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
More Sallust Quotes
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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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For 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.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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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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To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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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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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.
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