To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship. Sallust More Quotes by Sallust More Quotes From Sallust The firmest friendship is based on an identity of likes and dislikes. Sallust likes-and-dislikesidentityfriendship Kings are more prone to mistrust the good than the bad; and they are always afraid of the virtues of others. Sallust mistrustvirtuekings Do as much as possible, and talk of yourself as little as possible Sallust littles Each man the architect of his own fate. Sallust fateresponsibilitymen But assuredly Fortune rules in all things; she raised to eminence or buries in oblivion everything from caprice rather than from well-regulated principle. Sallust oblivionprinciplesfortune We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve. Sallust bodymind Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all - they produced an oyster. Sallust oysterspoorculture A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. Sallust inspirationalcharactermean Necessity makes even the timid brave. Sallust bravebraverycourage To like and dislike the same things that is indeed true friendship. Sallust like-and-disliketrue-friendfriendship No man underestimates the wrongs he suffers; many take them more seriously than is right. Sallust underestimatesufferingmen The higher your station, the less your liberty. Sallust dignitylibertyfreedom Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude. Sallust gratitudeambitionblood Enough words, little wisdom. Sallust enoughlittles Of the bodies in the cosmos, some imitate mind and move in orbits; some imitate soul and move in a straight line, fire and air upward, earth and water downward. Sallust fireairmoving To hope for safety in flight, when you have turned away from the enemy the arms by which the body is defended, is indeed madness. In battle those who are most afraid are always in most danger; but courage is equivalent to rampart. Sallust safetycourageenemy There were few who preferred honor to money. Sallust moneyhonor In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense. Sallust riskbraveryrunning Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue. Sallust tongueambitionmen In victory even the cowardly like to boast, while in adverse times even the brave are discredited. Sallust adversevictorybrave
