But experience has shown that to be true which Appius says … - Sallust

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But experience has shown that to be true which Appius says in his verses, that every man is the architect of his own fortune.

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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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Ambition prompted many to become deceitful; to keep one thing concealed in the breast, and another ready on the tongue; to estimate friendships and enmities, not by their worth, but according to interest; and to carry rather a specious countenance than an honest heart.

Necessitas etiam timidos fortes facit.

He that will be angry for anything, will be angry for nothing.

But experience has shown that to be true which Appius says in his verses, that every man is the architect of his own fortune. - Sallust

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