Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.

Quote by Sallust

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The higher your station, the less your liberty.

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

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.

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...

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond...

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond...

All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds...

All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds...

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...

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

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

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...

In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being...

In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being...

Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light

Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light

Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.

Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.

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,...

No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best...

No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best...

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.

Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.

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

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

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

The golden age is before us, not behind us.

The golden age is before us, not behind us.

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

Too many people grow up. That's the real trouble with the world, too many people...

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which...

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which...

I think we are trying to run the space age with horse and buggy moral...

I think we are trying to run the space age with horse and buggy moral...