Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
SALLUSTThe soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
More Sallust Quotes
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When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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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.
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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are not necessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.
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Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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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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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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