Quotes by Sallust

It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

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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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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and...

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