A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
- Sallust
Defeat, Injustice, Means, A Good Man
No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.
- Sallust
Same, Ever, His, Best Interests
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
- Sallust
Small, Through, Pieces, Great Ones
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
- Sallust
Thought, Tongue, Drove, Locked
Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
- Sallust
Most, Rendered, Despised, Honorable
Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.
- Sallust
Reward, Itself, Seemed, Great Reward
Before you act, consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
- Sallust
Act, Before, Considered, Tis
In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
- Sallust
Practice, Natural, Habitual, Right Conduct
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
- Sallust
Destroyed, Discord, Smallest, Thrive
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
- Sallust
Tears, Moved, Generally, Evaporate
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.
- Sallust
Nature, Law, May, Prowess
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
- Sallust
King, Bribery, In My Opinion, Shameful
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
- Sallust
Powerful, Either, Shed, Distinguished
Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.
- Sallust
Bad, Always, Mistrust, Prone
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
- Sallust
Ambition, Breaks, Ties, Forgets
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.
- Sallust
Some, Use, Sets, Seeks
To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.
- Sallust
Friendship, Same, Solid, Same Things
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.
- Sallust
Health, Beginning, Fortune, Rises
Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.
- Sallust
Old, Grows, Sets, Rises
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
- Sallust
War, Battle, Most, Bravery
All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
- Sallust
Friendship, Hatred, Void, Doubtful
All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentiment of dislike, friendship, anger or pity.
- Sallust
Friendship, Clear, Sentiment, Doubtful
Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
- Sallust
Measure, Bad, Every, Precedent
It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
- Sallust
Better, Fail, Means, Foul
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
- Sallust
Some, Engaged, Illustrious, Useful
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
- Sallust
Envy, Which, Toils, Gained
Necessity makes even the timid brave.
- Sallust
Timid, Makes, Even, Brave
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
- Sallust
Liberty, Station, Your, Higher
No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right.
- Sallust
More, Take, Suffers, Wrongs
Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.
- Sallust
Peace, Small, Harmony, Decay
The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
- Sallust
Wealth, Fleeting, Eternal, Glorious
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
- Sallust
Wealth, Fleeting, Eternal, Glorious
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
- Sallust
King, Good Deeds, Deeds, Neither
Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.
- Sallust
Wish, Most, Few Men, Master
The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
- Sallust
Friendship, Identity, Based, Likes
We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
- Sallust
Mind, Serve, Rule, Employ
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
- Sallust
Fortune, His, Architect, Every Man
He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
- Sallust
Anger, Will, Nothing, Angry
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