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.
SALLUSTAmbition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
More Sallust Quotes
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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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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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No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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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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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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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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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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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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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 sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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