Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
SALLUSTEverything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
More Sallust Quotes
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Of 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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Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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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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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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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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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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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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