But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.
SALLUSTTo hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart.
More Sallust Quotes
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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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But few prize honour more than money.
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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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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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The glory of ancestors sheds a light around posterity; it allows neither good nor bad qualities to remain in obscurity.
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The man who is roused neither by glory nor by danger it is in vain to exhort; terror closes the ears of the mind.
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Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Enough words, little wisdom.
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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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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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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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Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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