42 BC

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He preferred to be rather than to seem good.

Sallust

On Cato.

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Sallust. Bellum Catilinae [War of Catiline]. c. 43–40 BC.

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Sallust. "The War with Catiline." The War with Catiline and The War with Jugurtha, translated by John T. Ramsey J. C. Rolfe. Harvard University Press, 2013.

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The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail; mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.

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The War of Catiline

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Sallust. Bellum Catilinae [War of Catiline]. c. 43–40 BC.

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Sallust. "The War with Catiline." The War with Catiline and The War with Jugurtha, translated by John T. Ramsey J. C. Rolfe. Harvard University Press, 2013.

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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.

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The War of Catiline

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Sallust. Bellum Catilinae [War of Catiline]. c. 43–40 BC.

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Sallust. "The War with Catiline." The War with Catiline and The War with Jugurtha, translated by John T. Ramsey J. C. Rolfe. Harvard University Press, 2013.

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In truth, prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.

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The War of Catiline

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Sallust. Bellum Catilinae [War of Catiline]. c. 43–40 BC.

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Sallust. "The War with Catiline." The War with Catiline and The War with Jugurtha, translated by John T. Ramsey J. C. Rolfe. Harvard University Press, 2013.

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