Enough words, little wisdom.
SALLUSTOf 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.
More Sallust Quotes
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In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
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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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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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No grief reaches the dead.
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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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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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But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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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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A good man prefers to suffer rather than overcome injustice with evil.
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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom nature made prone, obedient to their bellies.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
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