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Sallust [-86--34] Roman

Rank: 101
Historian, Roman Politician

Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust, was a Roman historian, politician, and novus homo from an Italian plebeian family.

Friendship, Anger, Beauty, Great, Health, Money, Peace, War

Quote	Tags	Rank
Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.	Great, Peace	101
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.		102
Necessity makes even the timid brave.		103
To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.	Friendship	104
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.		105
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.	War	106
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.	Anger, Friendship	107
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.	Health	108
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.		109
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.	Money	110
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.		111
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.		112
Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.		113
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.		114
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.	Beauty	115
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.	Anger, Friendship	116
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.		117
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.		118
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.	Friendship	119
Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.		120
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.		121
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.		122
Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.		123
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.		124
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.		125
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.	Anger	126
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.		201
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.		202
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.		203
Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.		204
No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.		205
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.		206
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.		207
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.		208
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.		209
In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.		210
He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do, and seeks the credit of a task well and skillfully performed.		211
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.		212
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.		213
The higher your station, the less your liberty.		214

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