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Sallust
17 quotes
“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.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in The Cyclopaedia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin (1894) edited by J. K. Hoyt and Anna L. Ward, p. 508
“Satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nam divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est, virtus clara aeternaque habetur.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sed nostra omnis vis in animo et corpore sita est; animi imperio, corporis servitio magis utimur; alterum nobis cum dis, alterum cum beluis commune est.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Verum ubi pro labore desidia, pro continentia et aequitate libido atque superbia invasere, fortuna simul cum moribus immutatur. Ita imperium semper ad optimum quemque a minus bono transfertur. (II)”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sed multi mortales dediti ventri atque somno, indocti incultique vitam sicuti peregrinantes transiere.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Quod si regum atque imperatorum animi virtus in pace ita ut in bello valeret, aequabilius atque constantius sese res humanae haberent neque aliud alio ferri neque mutari ac misceri omnia cerneres. Nam imperium facile iis artibus retinetur, quibus initio partum est. Verum ubi pro labore desidia, pro continentia et aequitate lubido atque superbia invasere, fortuna simul cum moribus inmutatur. Ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transferetur.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sed ego adolescentulus initio sicuti plerique studio ad rem publicam latus sum, ibique mihi multa adversa fuere. Nam pro pudore, pro abstinentia, pro virtute, audacia, largitio, avaritia vigebant.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Ambitio multos mortales falsos fieri subegit, aliud clausum in pectore, aliud in lingua promptum habere, amicitias inimicitiasque non ex re, sed ex commodo aestimare, magisque vultum quam ingenium bonum habere.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nam idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nonne emori per virtutem praestat quam vitam miseram atque inhonestam, ubi alienae superbiae ludibrio fueris, per dedecus amittere?”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Also quoted by: Catiline
“At nos non imperium neque divitias petimus, quarum rerum causa bella atque certamina omnia inter mortales sunt, sed libertatem, quam nemo bonus nisi cum anima simul amittit.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Omnes homines, patres conscripti, qui de rebus dubiis consultant, ab odio, amicitia, ira atque misericordia vacuos esse decet.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nam concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maxumae dilabuntur.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Namque pauci libertatem, pars magna iustos dominos volunt.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Sed res docuit id verum esse, quod in carminibus Appius ait, fabrum esse suae quemque fortunae.”
Sallust (86–35 BC) said by 35 BC at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source