Sallust Quotes (20 quotations)
1. A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. - Sallust
2. Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude. - Sallust
3. Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue. - Sallust
4. 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
5. Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act. - Sallust
6. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. - Sallust
7. Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master. - Sallust
8. For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief. - Sallust
9. Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay. - Sallust
10. It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will. - Sallust
11. Necessity makes even the timid brave. - Sallust
12. Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord. - Sallust
13. The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal. - Sallust
14. The higher your station, the less your liberty. - Sallust
15. The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. - Sallust
16. The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals. - Sallust
17. They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. - Sallust
18. Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. - Sallust
19. To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. - Sallust
20. To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful. - Sallust
2. Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude. - Sallust
3. Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue. - Sallust
4. 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
5. Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act. - Sallust
6. Every man is the architect of his own fortune. - Sallust
7. Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master. - Sallust
8. For men who had easily endured hardship, danger and difficult uncertainty, leisure and riches, though in some ways desirable, proved burdensome and a source of grief. - Sallust
9. Harmony makes small things grow, lack of it makes great things decay. - Sallust
10. It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will. - Sallust
11. Necessity makes even the timid brave. - Sallust
12. Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord. - Sallust
13. The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal. - Sallust
14. The higher your station, the less your liberty. - Sallust
15. The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession. - Sallust
16. The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals. - Sallust
17. They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it. - Sallust
18. Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought. - Sallust
19. To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship. - Sallust
20. To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful. - Sallust
