Quotes By Sallust

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.

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