One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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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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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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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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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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Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.
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To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude.
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Each man the architect of his own fate.
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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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The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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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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