Quotes of Sallust - somelinesforyou

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

- Sallust

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

- Sallust

“ The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. ”

- Sallust

“ Every man is the architect of his own fortune. ”

- Sallust

“ They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. ”

- Sallust

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

- Sallust

“ The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals. ”

- Sallust

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

- Sallust

“ Necessity makes even the timid brave. ”

- Sallust

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

- Sallust

“ As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay. ”

- Sallust

“ As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay. ”

- Sallust

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

- Sallust

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

- Sallust

“ For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief. ”

- Sallust

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

- Sallust

“ It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the reputation even of the brave. ”

- Sallust

“ Necessity makes even the timid brave. ”

- Sallust

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

- Sallust

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

- Sallust

“ In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense. ”

- Sallust

“ No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right. ”

- Sallust

“ In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense. ”

- Sallust

“ It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will. ”

- Sallust

“ Necessity makes even the timid brave. ”

- Sallust

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

- Sallust

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

- Sallust

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

- Sallust

“ In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery. ”

- Sallust

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

- Sallust
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