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Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.

Sallust
Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

Sallust
Few men desire liberty: The majority are satisfied with a just master.

Sallust
Small communities grow great through harmony, great ones fall to pieces through discord.

Sallust
The higher your station, the less your liberty.

Sallust
The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals.

Sallust
They envy the distinction I have won; let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.

Sallust
To someone seeking power, the poorest man is the most useful.

Sallust, 'Jugurthine War,' 41 B.C.
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

Sallust, The War with Catiline
Ambition drove many men to become false; to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.

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