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The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
Sallust
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Sallust
Ancient Roman Historian
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Gaius Sallustius Crispus
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The very life which we enjoy is short. [Lat., Vita ipsa qua fruimur brevis est.]
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That power of the Gods which orders for the good things which are not uniform, and which happen contrary to expectation, is commonly called Fortune, and it is for this reason that the Goddess is especially worshipped in public by cities for every city consists of elements which are not uniform.
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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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The fact that the stars predict high or low rank for the father of the person whose horoscope is taken, teaches that they do not always make things happen but sometimes only indicate things. For how could things which preceded the birth depend upon the birth?
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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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Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward.
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A small state increases by concord the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension.
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Before you act consider when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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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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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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No grief reaches the dead.
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Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
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