133 Quotes by Sallust

A small state increases by concord; the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension.

Souls are punished when they have gone forth from the body, some wandering among us, some going to hot or cold places of the earth, some harassed by spirits. Under all circumstances they suffer with the irrational part of their nature, with which they also sinned. For its sake there subsists that shadowy body which is seen about graves, especially the graves of evil livers.

Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old.

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

But few prize honour more than money.

As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.

It is not unlikely, too, that the rejection of God is a kind of punishment: we may well believe that those who knew the Gods and neglected them in one life may in another life be deprived of the knowledge of them altogether. Also those who have worshipped their own kings as gods have deserved as their punishment to lose all knowledge of God.

Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty.

The very life which we enjoy is short. [Lat., Vita ipsa qua fruimur brevis est.]