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Few men desire liberty most men wish only for a just master.
Sallust
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Sallust
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Gaius Sallustius Crispus
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The Gods being good and making all things, there is no positive evil, it only comes by absence of good just as darkness itself does not exist, but only comes about by absence of light.
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No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light
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Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we pay such a tithe of possessions in votive offering, of bodies in gifts of (hair and) adornment, and of life in sacrifices.
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No one has become immortal by sloth nor has any parent prayed that his children should live forever but rather that they should lead an honorable and upright life. [Lat., Ignavia nemo immortalis factus: neque quisquam parens liberis, uti aeterni forent, optavit magis, uti boni honestique vitam exigerent.]
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.
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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.
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There were few who preferred honor to money.
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Fortune rules in all things, and advances and depresses things more out of her own will than right and justice.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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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.
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When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue's sake.
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Sovereignty is easily preserved by the very arts by which it was originally created. When, however, energy has given place to indifference, and temperance and justice to passion and arrogance, then as the morals change so changes fortune.
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In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk bravery is a rampart of defense.
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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.
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Most honorable are services rendered to the State even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
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Harmony makes small things grow lack of it makes great things decay.
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All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
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It is not unlikely, too, that the rejection of God is a kind of punishment: we may well believe that those who knew the Gods and neglected them in one life may in another life be deprived of the knowledge of them altogether. Also those who have worshipped their own kings as gods have deserved as their punishment to lose all knowledge of God.
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