Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
SALLUSTNecessity makes even the timid brave.
More Sallust Quotes
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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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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Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.
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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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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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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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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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No grief reaches the dead.
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It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the arts of prophecy and of healing, which are part of the cosmos, come of the good providence of the Gods.
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Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
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Enough words, little wisdom.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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