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Sallust
Roman
Historian
About the author
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Honesty
#Envy
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Liberty
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Virtue
#Wealth
#Glory
#Possession
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.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Action
#Art
#Being
#May
#Name
#Opinion
#Pursuit
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Beauty
#Fame
#Wealth
#Superiority
#Possession
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Action
#Thought
#Man
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Time
#Man
No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Right
#Man
#Wrongs
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Friends
#Money
#Honesty
#Merit
#Soldiers
#Deeds
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Necessity
Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Words
#State
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Kings
#Mistrust
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Reward
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Identity
#Friendship
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Anger
#Pity
#Friendship
#Hatred
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Word
#Feelings
#Tears
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Man
#Evil
#Defeat
#Injustice
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#First
#Anger
#Pity
#Opinion
#Friendship
#Sentiment
To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Friendship
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Measure
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Mind
#Body
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Opinion
#Force
#Bribery
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Defense
#Risk
#Battle
#Cowards
#Bravery
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Will
#Nothing
He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do, and seeks the credit of a task well and skillfully performed.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Life
#Work
#Credit
Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Harmony
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Liberty
#Men
#Desire
In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Right
#Life
#Practice
#Virtue
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Man
#Fortune
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.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#May
#Law
#Nature
#Human nature
#Defeat
#Victory
#Reputation
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Talk
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Light
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#states
Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Time
#Act
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.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#End
#Beginning
#Health
#Fortune
#Blessings
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Thought
#Men
#Ambition
#Tongue
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Ambition
#Blood
#Gratitude
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Old
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
Sallust,
Roman
Historian
#Harmony