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The higher your station, the less your liberty. ↗

— Sallust

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Distinguished ancestors shed a powerful light on their descendants, and forbid the concealment either of their merits or of their demerits. ↗

— Sallust

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Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. ↗

— Sallust

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He only seems to me to live, and to make proper use of life, who sets himself some serious work to do, and seeks the credit of a task well and skillfully performed. ↗

— Sallust

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In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery. ↗

— Sallust

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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. ↗

— Sallust

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

— Sallust

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

— Sallust

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