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No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right. ↗

— Sallust

#many #more #right #seriously #suffers

The higher your station, the less your liberty. ↗

— Sallust

#less #liberty #station #your

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

— Sallust

#few #few men #just #liberty #master

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

#himself #life #live #make #me

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

— Sallust

#bribery #force #in my opinion #king #less

In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art. ↗

— Sallust

#action #art #being #engaged #enjoy

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

— Sallust

#case #conduct #habitual #life #my own

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

— Sallust

#always #bad #good #kings #mistrust

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

— Sallust

#despised #even #go #honorable #most

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

— Sallust

#eternal #fame #fleeting #fragile #glorious