Enough words, little wisdom.
SALLUST
But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
More Sallust Quotes
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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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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.
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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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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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The Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good; just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
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The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
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Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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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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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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