The higher your station, the less your liberty.
SALLUSTEnough words, little wisdom.
More Sallust Quotes
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It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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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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Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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The very life which we enjoy is short.
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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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No grief reaches the dead.
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To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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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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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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