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.
SALLUSTA good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
More Sallust Quotes
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The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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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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Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the arts of prophecy and of healing, which are part of the cosmos, come of the good providence of the Gods.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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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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Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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