Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster.
SALLUSTThe Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good; just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
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Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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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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The Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good; just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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But the case has proved that to be true which Appius says in his songs, that each man is the maker of his own fate.
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Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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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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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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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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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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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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By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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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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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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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
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To desire the same things and to reject the same things, constitutes true friendship.
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The poorest of men are the most useful to those seeking power.
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The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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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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