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Before you act consider when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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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Deliberate before you begin but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
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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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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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