Sallust Quotes

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

"Necessity makes even the timid brave."
-Sallust

"The golden age is before us, not behind us."
-Sallust in Age quotes.

"To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful."
-Sallust

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

"A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means."
-Sallust in Defeat quotes.

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

"The higher your station, the less your liberty."
-Sallust

"Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master."
-Sallust

"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

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

"Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude."
-Sallust in Ambition quotes.

"To like and dislike the same things, that is indeed true friendship."
-Sallust in Friendship quotes.

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

"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

"The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals."
-Sallust in Morality quotes.

"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."
-Sallust in Actions quotes.

"The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession."
-Sallust in Excellence quotes.