In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
SALLUSTThe renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
More Sallust Quotes
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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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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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All persons who are enthusiastic that they should transcend the other animals ought to strive with the utmost effort not to pass through a life of silence, like cattle, which nature has fashioned to be prone and obedient to their stomachs.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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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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The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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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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Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly.
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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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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
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