black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.

Sallust

By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
SALLUST

Dread Goodness Wicked
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
SALLUST

Beautiful Fame Forever Glory Intellectual Possession Wealth
But few prize honour more than money.
SALLUST

Honor Money Prize
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.
SALLUST

Dangerous Desire Easy Endurance Men Source Way
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
SALLUST

Evaporate Feeling General Move Tears Weakness Word
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
SALLUST

Ambition Drive Fake Lock Man Ready Thinking
The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
SALLUST

Age Fame Luster Virtual Wealth
The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
SALLUST

Man Poor Power Seek Useful
A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
SALLUST

Evil Goodness Justice Man Preference
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
SALLUST

Captain Life Moral Rule Soul
But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
SALLUST

Creator Fate Man Song True
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
SALLUST

Angry Doubt Friendship Hate Pity
The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
SALLUST

Dangerous Glory Man Mindset Terror
Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
SALLUST

Action Break Discord Small Strength Unity
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.
SALLUST

Beginning Blessing Decay Fortune Health
Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
SALLUST

Event Intellectual Past Pursuit

To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Sallust Quotes