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Sallust

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In my own case, who have spent my whole life in the practice of virtue, right conduct from habitual has become natural.


— Sallust


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Just to stir things up seemed a great reward in itself.


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Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others.


— Sallust


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Most honorable are services rendered to the State; even if they do not go beyond words, they are not to be despised.


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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.


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The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes.


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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.


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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.


— Sallust


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To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.


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We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.


— Sallust


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"The Conspiracy of Catiline" reflects many features of style that were developed in his later works. Its true value lies in the introduction of Marius and Sulla to the Roman political scene and the beginning of their rivalry. He took as his model Thucydides whom he imitated in his truthfulness and impartiality in the introduction of philosophizing reflections and speeches and in the brevity of his style sometimes bordering upon obscurity.

Sallust was born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines and was a popularis opposer of the old Roman aristocracy throughout his career and later a partisan of Julius Caesar. Sallust was primarily influenced by the Greek historian Thucydides and amassed great (and ill-gotten) wealth from his governorship of Africa. Sergius Catilina) The Jugurthine War (about Rome's war against the Numidians from 111 to 105 BC) and the Histories (of which only fragments survive).

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