Eternal Quote by Sallust

The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.

— Sallust

The glory of riches and of beauty is frail and transitory; virtue remains bright and eternal. [Lat., Divitarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis;…

— Sallust

I glory, more in the cunning purchase of my wealth than in the glad possession.

— Ben Jonson

Wealth is a weak anchor, and glory cannot support a man; this is the law of God, that virtue only is firm, and cannot…

— Pythagoras

Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be lost, it never deserts us until life leaves us.

— Leonardo da Vinci

“That which can be lost cannot be deemed riches. Virtue is our true wealth and the true reward of its possessor; it cannot be…

— Leonardo da Vinci

The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

— Sallust

Glory is the shadow of virtue

— Latin Proverb

The possession of wealth confers honor; it is an invidious distinction.

— Thorstein Veblen

Prosperity has this property, it puffs up narrow Souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and look down upon the World with Contempt;…

— Plutarch

The whole glory of virtue resides in activity.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

“virtue does not spring from riches, but riches and all other human blessings, both private and public, from virtue.”

— Plato