Perfection of moral virtue does not wholly take away the passions, but regulates them.

About Sallust

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Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust ( , SAL-əst; c. 86 – c. 35 BC), was a historian and politician of the Roman Republic from a plebeian family. Probably born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines, Sallust became a partisan of Julius Caesar (100 to 44 BC),...

More quotations from Sallust

A liar should have a good memory.

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

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

More quotations tagged with “morality”

If your morals make you dreary, depend on it , they are wrong.

—Thomas Aquinas

I believe that in this generation those with the courage to enter the conflict will find themselves with companions in every corner of the world.

—Robert Louis Stevenson

Morality, like art, means drawing a line someplace.

The higher the buildings, the lower the morals.

Scandal is great entertainment because it allows people to feel contempt, a moral emotion that gives feeling of moral superiority while asking nothing in return.

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