Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
SALLUSTFew men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
More Sallust Quotes
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No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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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 desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness.
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Each man the architect of his own fate.
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To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship.
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Of 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.
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Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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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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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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Everything destroyed is either resolved into the elements from which it came, or else vanishes into not-being. If things are resolved into the elements from which they came, then there will be others: else how did they come into being at all?
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