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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers many take them more seriously than is right.
Sallust
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Sallust
Ancient Roman Historian
Ancient Roman Military Personnel
Ancient Roman Politician
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Gaius Sallustius Crispus
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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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One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.
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To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger but courage is equivalent to rampart.
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A small state increases by concord the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension.
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