Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

Quote by Sallust

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It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast...

It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast...

We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.

We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.

Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart...

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart...

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is...

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is...

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds,...

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds,...

He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who...

He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who...

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

Necessity makes even the timid brave.

Necessity makes even the timid brave.

The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.

The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force...

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force...

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious...

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious...

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always...

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always...

Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.

Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.

It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the...

It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the...

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue,...

In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue,...

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.