black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

Sallust

Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
SALLUST

Act Advice Beginning Mature
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.
SALLUST

Army Collection Force Kindness Kingdom Money Sincere Support Treasure True
It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
SALLUST

Country Herself Madness Sweet Word
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
SALLUST

Bad Measurement Origin
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
SALLUST

Angry Doubt Friendship Hate Pity
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
SALLUST

Angry Deep Emotion Feeling Himself
For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
SALLUST

Empire Greatness Harmony Small State
Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
SALLUST

Beginning Care Execution Zeal
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.
SALLUST

Creator Fate Man Song True
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
SALLUST

Brave Circumstance Coward Necessary
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
SALLUST

Community Discord Greatness Harmony Oneself Pieces Small
No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
SALLUST

Himself Man Right Serious Suffering Wrong
When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.
SALLUST

Fall Finding Prize Virtue Yourself
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
SALLUST

Growth Old Rise
One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
SALLUST

Assume Conceal Himself
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
SALLUST

Better Conquer Failure Right Rule Win

Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Sallust Quotes