133 Quotes by Sallust

Enough words, little wisdom. [Lat., Satis eloquentiae sapientiae parum.]

If fortune makes a wicked man prosperous and a good man poor, there is no need to wonder. For the wicked regard wealth as everything, the good as nothing. And the good fortune of the bad cannot take away their badness, while virtue alone will be enough for the good.

One can ever assume to be what he is not, and to conceal what he is.

Small endeavours obtain strength by unity of action: the most powerful are broken down by discord.

To have the same likes and dislikes, therein consists the firmest bond of friendship.

There were few who preferred honor to money.

When the prizes fall to the lot of the wicked, you will not find many who are virtuous for virtue's sake.

It is always easy enough to take up arms, but very difficult to lay them down; the commencement and the termination of war are notnecessarily in the same hands; even a coward may begin, but the end comes only when the victors are willing.

The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.