To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
SALLUSTTo like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
SALLUSTAdvise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
SALLUSTThe very life which we enjoy is short.
SALLUSTThe Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
SALLUSTTo 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.
SALLUSTAmong intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
SALLUSTTo desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
SALLUSTThey envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
SALLUSTIn battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
SALLUSTNecessity makes even the timid brave.
SALLUSTThe higher your station, the less your liberty.
SALLUSTSince 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.
SALLUSTSmall endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
SALLUSTAs 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.
SALLUSTEach man the architect of his own fate.
SALLUSTProsperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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