It is not unlikely, too, that the rejection of God is a kind of punishment: we may well believe that those who… — Sallust Copy Share Image
No one has become immortal by sloth; nor has any parent prayed that his children should live forever; but rather that they… — 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
He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do,… — Sallust Copy Share Image
“Men have no right to complain that they are naturally feeble and short-lived, or that it is chance and not merit that… — Sallust Copy Share Image
Now the myths represent the Gods themselves and the goodness of the Gods subject always to the distinction of the speakable and… — 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
All men who would surpass the other animals should do their best not to pass through life silently like the beasts whom… — Sallust Copy Share Image
In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural. — Sallust Copy Share Image
The very life which we enjoy is short. [Lat., Vita ipsa qua fruimur brevis est.] — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed. — Sallust Copy Share Image
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue. — Sallust Copy Share Image
