Sallust Quotes

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

Great, Small, Makes

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

Good, Evil, Means

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, Anger, Opinion

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

Good, Money, Honesty

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

Yourself, Talk, Possible

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

Thought, Action, Act

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, End, Everything

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

Gratitude, Ambition, Blood

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, Honesty, Won

Necessity makes even the timid brave.
Sallust

Brave, Makes, Necessity

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

Men, Thought, Become

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

Battle, Bravery, Risk

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

Time, Best, Same

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

Greatest, Union, Destroyed

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

Great, Through, Small

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

Nature, Human, May

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

Friendship, Anger, Hatred

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

Time, Before, Act

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

Means, Fair, Fail

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

Seriously, Wrongs, Suffers

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

Beauty, Wealth, Goes

The higher your station, the less your liberty.
Sallust

Liberty, Less, Higher

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

Powerful, Light, Either

Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
Sallust

Bad, Measure, Precedent

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Biography

Nationality: Roman

Type: Historian

Born: 86 BC

Died: 34 BC

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