Enough words, little wisdom.
SALLUSTTo have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
More Sallust Quotes
-
-
By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
SALLUST -
No grief reaches the dead.
SALLUST -
It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
SALLUST -
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
SALLUST -
The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
SALLUST -
Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
SALLUST -
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
SALLUST -
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
SALLUST -
To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
SALLUST -
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
SALLUST -
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
SALLUST -
Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
SALLUST -
There were few who preferred honor to money.
SALLUST -
Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
SALLUST -
For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief.
SALLUST -
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
SALLUST -
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
SALLUST -
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.
SALLUST -
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.
SALLUST -
No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
SALLUST -
Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
SALLUST -
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
SALLUST -
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
SALLUST -
Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
SALLUST -
All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.
SALLUST -
The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
SALLUST