Again, if the world is destroyed, it must needs either be destroyed according to nature or against nature. Against nature is impossible,… — 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
It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts to show, like… — 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
Souls that have lived in virtue are in general happy, and when separated from the irrational part of their nature, and made… — 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
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
It is a law of human nature that in victory even the coward may boast of his prowess, while defeat injures the… — 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
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