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To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful. (Sallust)
All our power lies in both mind and body; we employ the mind to rule, the body rather to serve; the one we have in common with the Gods, the other with the brutes. View quote
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Plenty of eloquence, not enough wisdom (said of Catiline) View quote
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Ambition prompted many to become deceitful; to keep one thing concealed in the breast, and another ready on the tongue; to estimate friendships and enmities, not by their worth, but according to interest; and to carry rather a specious countenance than an honest heart. View quote
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For the fame of riches and beauty is fickle and frail, while virtue is eternally excellent. View quote
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But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life. View quote
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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. View quote
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By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed. View quote
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity. View quote
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Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits. View quote
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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right. (Sallust)
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. View quote
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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure. View quote
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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. View quote
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In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural. View quote
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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. View quote
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No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests. View quote
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal. View quote
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Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself. View quote
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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery. View quote
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The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes. (Sallust)
Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised. View quote
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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. View quote
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But when sloth has introduced itself in the place of industry, and covetousness and pride in that of moderation and equity, the condition of a state is altered together with its morals; and thus authority is always transferred from the less to the more deserving. View quote
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Yet many human beings, resigned to sensuality and indolence, un-instructed and unimproved, have passed through life like travellers in a strange country. View quote
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