Sallust quotes

Necessity makes even the timid brave. (Sallust)
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
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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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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
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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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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.
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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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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. (Sallust)
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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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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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
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Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible. (Sallust)
But experience has shown that to be true which Appius says in his verses, that every man is the architect of his own fortune.
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To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.
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Is it not better to die in a glorious attempt, than, after having been the sport of other men's insolence, to resign a wretched and degraded existence with ignominy?
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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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