Quotes By Sallust

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.

No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.

All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.

Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.

The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do, and seeks the credit of a task well and skillfully performed.

Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.

As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.

No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.

The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.

Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.

In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.

To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.

It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.

Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.

He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.

In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.

By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.