Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
SALLUSTBut the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
More Sallust Quotes
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Enough words, little wisdom.
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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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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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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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But few prize honour more than money.
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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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