Quotes By Sallust
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
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
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
Sallust
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
Sallust
Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
Sallust
In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.
Sallust
Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.
Sallust
In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.
Sallust
Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.
Sallust
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
Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.
Sallust
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