As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so… - Sallust

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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.

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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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Sed nostra omnis vis in animo et corpore sita est; animi imperio, corporis servitio magis utimur; alterum nobis cum dis, alterum cum beluis commune est.

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

Nam concordia parvae res crescunt, discordia maxumae dilabuntur.

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. - Sallust

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