Nonne emori per virtutem praestat quam vitam miseram atque … - Sallust

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Nonne emori per virtutem praestat quam vitam miseram atque inhonestam, ubi alienae superbiae ludibrio fueris, per dedecus amittere?

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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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Omnes homines, patres conscripti, qui de rebus dubiis consultant, ab odio, amicitia, ira atque misericordia vacuos esse decet.

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

Sed res docuit id verum esse, quod in carminibus Appius ait, fabrum esse suae quemque fortunae.

Nonne emori per virtutem praestat quam vitam miseram atque inhonestam, ubi alienae superbiae ludibrio fueris, per dedecus amittere? - Sallust

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