Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
SALLUSTIn battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
More Sallust Quotes
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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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By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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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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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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No grief reaches the dead.
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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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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.
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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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It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave.
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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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The very life which we enjoy is short.
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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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