Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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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It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
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As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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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.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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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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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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But few prize honour more than money.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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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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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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Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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