Quotes By Sallust

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

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

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

Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay.

We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.

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.

Necessity makes even the timid brave.

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.

Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

The higher your station, the less your liberty.

Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.

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.

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

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

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

All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.

Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.

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