“If fortune makes a wicked man prosperous and a good man poor, there is no need to wonder. For the wicked regard wealth as everything, the good as nothing. And the good fortune of the bad cannot take away their badness, while virtue alone will be enough for the good.” IfsMenNeedsEnoughWealthPoorWonderVirtueRegardFortuneWickedGood ManProsperousGood FortuneBadnessWicked Man Author:Sallust
“The fame which is based on wealth or beauty is a frail and fleeting thing; but virtue shines for ages with undiminished lustre.” AgeWealthBeautyVirtueFameShiningFleetingFrail Author:Sallust
“Prosperity tries the souls even of the wise.” TryingSoulWealthWiseProsperity Book:Sallust Source: Sallust
“The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.” WealthFameEternalIntellectualProsperityPossessionGloriousFragileSuperiorityFleetingIntellectual Superiority Author:Sallust
“But at power or wealth, for the sake of which wars, and all kinds of strife, arise among mankind, we do not aim; we desire only our liberty, which no honorable man relinquishes but with his life.” MenKindWarDesireWealthLibertyMankindAimSakeAriseAll KindsHonorableStrifeHonorable Man Author:Sallust
“The glory of wealth and of beauty is fleeting and frail; virtue is illustrious and everlasting.” WealthVirtueGloryFleetingEverlastingFrail Author:Sallust
