There were few who preferred honor to money.
SALLUSTDo as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
More Sallust Quotes
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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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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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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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It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the arts of prophecy and of healing, which are part of the cosmos, come of the good providence of the Gods.
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Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own
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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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Enough words, little wisdom.
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No grief reaches the dead.
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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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But few prize honour more than money.
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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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