All our power lies in both mind and body; we employ the min… - Sallust

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All our power lies in both mind and body; we employ the mind to rule, the body rather to serve; the one we have in common with the Gods, the other with the brutes.

Sallust

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Gaius Sallustius Crispus (86 – 34 BC) was a statesman and historian during the last century of the Roman Republic.

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Native Name: C. Sallustius Qui. Crispus

Alternative Names: Gaius Sallustius Crispus • Qay Krisp Sallyusti

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Horace Cicero Lucan Virgil Pliny the Younger

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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.

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.

For the fame of riches and beauty is fickle and frail, while virtue is eternally excellent.

All our power lies in both mind and body; we employ the mind to rule, the body rather to serve; the one we have in common with the Gods, the other wi… - Sallust

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