Sallust

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Who is Sallust?

Gaius Sallustius Crispus, usually anglicised as Sallust was a Roman historian, politician, and novus homo from a provincial plebeian family. Sallust was born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines and was a popularis, opposer of the old Roman aristocracy throughout his career, and later a partisan of Julius Caesar. Sallust is the earliest known Roman historian with surviving works to his name, of which we have Catiline's War, The Jugurthine War, and the Histories. Sallust was primarily influenced by the Greek historian Thucydides and amassed great wealth from his governorship of Africa.

Famous Quotes:

  • All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.
  • Necessity makes even the timid brave.
  • To like and dislike the same things, this is what makes a solid friendship.
  • It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.
  • 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.
  • Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
  • He that will be angry for anything will be angry for nothing.
  • The glory that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
  • We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.
  • By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.

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on July 23, 2013

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