There were few who preferred honor to money.
SALLUSTA good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
More Sallust Quotes
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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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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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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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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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No grief reaches the dead.
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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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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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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements; the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
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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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