133 Quotes by Sallust

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

Harmony makes small things grow. Lack of it makes big things decay.

They envy the distinction I have won; let them, therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

Namque pauci libertatem, pars magna iustos dominos volunt.(Few men desire freedom, the greater part desire just masters.)

Only a few prefer liberty- the majority seek nothing more than fair masters.

Frequent mobs, seditions, and at last civil wars, became common, while a few leading men on whom the masses were dependent, affected supreme power under the seemly pretence of seeking the good of senate and people; citizens were judged good or bad, without reference to their loyalty to the republic (for all were equally corrupt); but the wealthy and dangerously powerful were esteemed good citizens, because they maintained the existing state of things.

Седнал - той говори едно, а прав -друго.

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.

Harmony makes small things grow; lack of it makes great things decay.