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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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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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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel.
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Of the cosmic Gods some make the world be, others animate it, others harmonize it, consisting as it does of different elements the fourth class keep it when harmonized.
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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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Few men desire liberty most men wish only for a just master.
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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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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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The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness. [Lat., Sociis atque amicis auxilia portabant Romani, magisque dandis quam accipiundis beneficiis amicitias parabant.]
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Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all - they produced an oyster.
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It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one.
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A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
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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 battle it is the cowards who run the most risk bravery is a rampart of defense.
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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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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 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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The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail virtue is illustrious and everlasting.
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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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Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.
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