They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
SALLUSTBy union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
More Sallust Quotes
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But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.
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The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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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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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Neither the army nor the treasury, but friends, are the true supports of the throne; for friends cannot be collected by force of arms, nor purchased with money; they are the offspring of kindness and sincerity.
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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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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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Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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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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It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the arts of prophecy and of healing, which are part of the cosmos, come of the good providence of the Gods.
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To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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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.
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Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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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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The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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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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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Sovereignty is easily preserved by the very arts by which it was originally created. When, however, energy has given place to indifference, and temperance and justice to passion and arrogance, then as the morals change so changes fortune.
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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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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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