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Covetous of the property of others and prodigal of his own. [Lat., Alieni appetens sui profusus.]


Sallust (Caius Sallustius Crispus)

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SALLUST Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure.
SALLUST We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
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SALLUST It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer.
SALLUST Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible.
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SALLUST Think like a man of action, and act like a man of thought.
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SALLUST All those who offer an opinion on any doubtful point should first clear their minds of every sentime...
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SALLUST All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
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SALLUST He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
SALLUST A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
SALLUST Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feeli...
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SALLUST The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.
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SALLUST A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
SALLUST Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
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SALLUST The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.
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SALLUST To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship.
SALLUST To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.
SALLUST The higher your station, the less your liberty.
SALLUST Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.
SALLUST Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master.
SALLUST Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
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CAIUS TRANQUILLUS SUETONIUS Your laugh is of the sardonic kind.
CAIUS SEMPRONIUS GRACCHUS It began of nothing and in nothing it ends. [Lat., Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil.]
CAIUS CORNELIUS GALLUS Would that the Roman people had but one neck! [Lat., Utinam populus Romanus unam cervicem haberet!...
CAIUS TRANQUILLUS SUETONIUS Suns may set and rise again: for us, when our brief light has set, there's the sleep of one ever l...
CAIUS VALERIUS CATULLUS He [Caesar Augustus] found a city built of brick; he left it built of marble. [Lat., Urbem lateri...
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TACITUS (CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS) Posterity gives to every man his true honor. [Lat., Suum cuique decus posteritas rependet.]
TACITUS (CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS) The most seditious is the most cowardly. [Lat., Seditiosissimus quisque ignavus.]
TACITUS (CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS) The changeful change of circumstances. [Lat., Varia sors rerum.]
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TACITUS (CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS) Blood is thicker than water.
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TACITUS CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS The hatred of relatives is the most violent. [Lat., Accerima proximorum odia.]
TACITUS CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS Power acquired by guilt was never used for a good purpose. [Lat., Imperium flagitio acquisitum nem...
TACITUS CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS The deeper the sorrow the less tongue it hath.
TACITUS CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts. [Fr., La parole a ete donnce a l'homme pour degu...
TACITUS CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS Experience teaches. [Lat., Experientia docet.]
TACITUS CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS It is human nature to hate those whom we have injured. [Lat., Proprium humani ingenii, est odisse ...
TACITUS CAIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS Arms and laws do not flourish together.
JULIUS CAESAR (CAIUS JULIUS CAESAR) I hate and I love. Perchance you ask why I do that. I know not, but I feel that I do and I am tor...
CATULLUS (CAIUS QUINTUS VALERIUS CATULLUS) What is there given by the gods more desirable than a happy hour? [Lat., Quid datur a divis felici...
CATULLUS (CAIUS QUINTUS VALERIUS CATULLUS) A day without laughter is a day wasted.
CATULLUS (CAIUS QUINTUS VALERIUS CATULLUS) You also, O son Brutus. [Lat., Et tu, Brute fili.]
JULIUS CAESAR (CAIUS JULIUS CAESAR) In extreme danger fear feels no pity. [Lat., In summo periculo timor miericordiam non recipit.]
JULIUS CAESAR (CAIUS JULIUS CAESAR) Every one has his faults: but we do not see the wallet on our own backs. [Lat., Suus quoque attr...
CATULLUS (CAIUS QUINTUS VALERIUS CATULLUS) The most completely lost of all days is that on which one has not laughed. [Fr., La plus perdue d...
CATULLUS (CAIUS QUINTUS VALERIUS CATULLUS) Nothing is more silly than silly laughter. [Lat., Nam risu inepto res ineptior nulla est.]
CATULLUS (CAIUS QUINTUS VALERIUS CATULLUS) The confounding of all right and wrong, in wild fury, has averted from us the gracious favor of the...
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PLINY THE YOUNGER (CAIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS) All men carry about them that which is poyson to serpents: for if it be true that is reported, the...
PLINY THE ELDER (CAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS) Joking set aside. [Lat., Omissis jocis.]
PLINY THE YOUNGER (CAIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS) Besides, as is usually the case, we are much more affected by the words which we hear, for though w...
PLINY THE YOUNGER (CAIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS) A strong sense of injury often gives point to the expression of our feelings. [Lat., Plerumque do...
PLINY THE YOUNGER (CAIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS) And that all seas are made calme and still with oile; and therefore the Divers under the water doe ...
PLINY THE ELDER (CAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS) The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will...
PLINY THE ELDER (CAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS) He has no fault except that he has no fault. [Lat., Nihil peccat, nisi quod nihil peccat.]
PLINY THE YOUNGER (CAIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS) And as in men's bodies, so in government, that disease is most serious which proceeds from the head...
PLINY THE YOUNGER (CAIUS CAECILIUS SECUNDUS) Their best and most wholesome feeding is upon one dish and no more and the same plaine and simple: ...
PLINY THE ELDER (CAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS) Our fathers used to say that the master's eye was the best fertilizer. [Lat., Majores fertilissiu...
PLINY THE ELDER (CAIUS PLINIUS SECUNDUS) Experience is always sowing the seed of one thing after another. [Lat., Semper enim ex aliis alia ...
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