Sallust Quotes
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Verum ubi pro labore desidia, pro continentia et aequitate libido atque superbia invasere, fortuna simul cum moribus immutatur. Ita imperium semper ad optimum quemque a minus bono transfertur. (II)
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Nam divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est, virtus clara aeternaque habetur.
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Sed multi mortales dediti ventri atque somno, indocti incultique vitam sicuti peregrinantes transiere.
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Sed nostra omnis vis in animo et corpore sita est; animi imperio, corporis servitio magis utimur; alterum nobis cum dis, alterum cum beluis commune est.
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Sed ego adolescentulus initio sicuti plerique studio ad rem publicam latus sum, ibique mihi multa adversa fuere. Nam pro pudore, pro abstinentia, pro virtute, audacia, largitio, avaritia vigebant.
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Omnes homines, patres conscripti, qui de rebus dubiis consultant, ab odio, amicitia, ira atque misericordia vacuos esse decet.
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Necessity makes even the timid brave.
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At nos non imperium neque divitias petimus, quarum rerum causa bella atque certamina omnia inter mortales sunt, sed libertatem, quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittit.
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Nam idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est.
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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
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Satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum.
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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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Namque pauci libertatem, pars magna iustos dominos volunt.
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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.
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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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Sed res docuit id verum esse, quod in carminibus Appius ait, fabrum esse suae quemque fortunae.
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
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The higher your station, the less your liberty.
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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
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All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
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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.
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Ambitio multos mortales falsos fieri subegit, aliud clausum in pectore, aliud in lingua promptum habere, amicitias inimicitiasque non ex re, sed ex commodo aestimare, magisque vultum quam ingenium bonum habere.
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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.