25 Quotations by Sallust
- 1. A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

- 2. All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.

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

- 4. As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything r ...

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

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

- 7. Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

- 8. Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master.

- 9. Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master.

- 10. For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, thoug ...

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

- 12. In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable ...

- 13. In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited.

- 14. It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and s ...

- 15. Necessity makes even the timid brave.

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

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

- 18. The higher your station, the less your liberty.

- 19. The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and ...

- 20. The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.

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