Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
SALLUSTHarmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
More Sallust Quotes
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Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.
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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.
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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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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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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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