To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
SALLUSTSince 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.
More Sallust Quotes
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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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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are not necessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.
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In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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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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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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Sovereignty is easily preserved by the very arts by which it was originally created. When, however, energy has given place to indifference, and temperance and justice to passion and arrogance, then as the morals change so changes fortune.
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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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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.
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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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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal.
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