It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
SALLUSTDistinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
More Sallust Quotes
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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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When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue’s sake.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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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 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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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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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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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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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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