Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line,… — Sallust Copy Share Image
To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended,… — Sallust Copy Share Image
If the transmigration of a soul takes place into a rational being, it simply becomes the soul of that body. But if… — Sallust Copy Share Image
Since we have received everything from the Gods, and it is right to pay the giver some tithe of his gifts, we… — Sallust Copy Share Image
The essences of the Gods never came into existence (for that which always is never comes into existence; and that exists for… — Sallust Copy Share Image
Souls are punished when they have gone forth from the body, some wandering among us, some going to hot or cold places… — Sallust Copy Share Image
All this care for the world, we must believe, is taken by the Gods without any act of will or labor. As… — Sallust Copy Share Image
The soul sins therefore because, while aiming at good, it makes mistakes about the good, because it is not primary essence. And… — Sallust Copy Share Image
One may call the world a myth , in which bodies and things are visible, but souls and minds hidden. Besides, to… — Sallust Copy Share Image
While the body is young and fine, the soul blunders, but as the body grows old it attains its highest power. Again,… — Sallust Copy Share Image
It is impossible that there should be so much providence in the last details, and none in the first principles. Then the arts of… — Sallust Copy Share
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases… — Sallust Copy Share
The Romans assisted their allies and friends, and acquired friendships by giving rather than receiving kindness. [Lat., Sociis atque amicis auxilia portabant Romani, magisque… — Sallust Copy Share
It is not unlikely, too, that the rejection of God is a kind of punishment: we may well believe that those who knew the… — Sallust Copy Share
It is not only spirits who punish the evil, the soul brings itself to judgment: and also it is not right for those who… — Sallust Copy Share
To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed… — Sallust Copy Share
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue. — Sallust Copy Share
Not by vows nor by womanish prayers is the help of the gods obtained; success comes through vigilance, energy, wise counsel. — Sallust Copy Share
