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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible
Sallust
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Sallust
Ancient Roman Historian
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Gaius Sallustius Crispus
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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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If fortune makes a wicked man prosperous and a good man poor, there is no need to wonder. For the wicked regard wealth as everything, the good as nothing. And the good fortune of the bad cannot take away their badness, while virtue alone will be enough for the good.
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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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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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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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If the transmigration of a soul takes place into a rational being, it simply becomes the soul of that body. But if the soul migrates into a brute beast, it follows the body outside, as a guardian spirit follows a man. For there could never be a rational soul in an irrational being.
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It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.
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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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Harmony makes small things grow lack of it makes great things decay.
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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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Few men desire liberty most men wish only for a just master.
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For harmony makes small states great, while discord undermines the mightiest empires.
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A small state increases by concord the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension.
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They envy the distinction I have won let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light
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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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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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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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