The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
SALLUSTIt is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are not necessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.
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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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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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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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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 my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
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The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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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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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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