Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
More Sallust Quotes
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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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To 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.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light.
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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
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Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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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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Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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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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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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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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To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship.
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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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