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There were few who preferred honor to money.
Sallust
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Sallust
Ancient Roman Historian
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Gaius Sallustius Crispus
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Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
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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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Fame is the shadow of passion standing in the light
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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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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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Deliberate before you begin but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour.
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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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Among intellectual pursuits, one of the most useful is the recording of past events.
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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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Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible
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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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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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By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded.
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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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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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