What did Sallust mean by: Advise well before you begin, and when you have maturely considered, then act with promptitude. - Sallust Historian · Italy Copy
+ Deliberate before you begin; but, having carefully done so, execute with vigour. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Sallust, Deliberate, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
+ We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve. Feraz Zeid, October 14, 2023December 26, 2023, Sallust, Body, Mind, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
+ It is better to use fair means and fail, than foul and conquer. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Sallust, Failing, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
+ Everything that rises sets, and everything that grows, grows old. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Sallust, Grows, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
+ There were few who preferred honor to money. Feraz Zeid, July 31, 2023December 12, 2023, Sallust, Honor, Money, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
+ The very life which we enjoy is short. [Lat., Vita ipsa qua fruimur brevis est.] Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Sallust, Enjoy, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
+ No grief reaches the dead. Feraz Zeid, August 25, 2023December 24, 2023, Sallust, Grief, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
+ The soul is the captain and ruler of the life of morals. Feraz Zeid, September 28, 2023December 26, 2023, Sallust, Captains, Morality, Soul, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
He who will not listen to any advice, nor be corrected in his writings, is a rank pedant. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The noblest deeds are well enough set forth in simple language; emphasis spoils them. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
Don’t apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it. - Walter Darby Bannard Painter · USA
Reflective abstraction, however, is based not on individual actions but on coordinated actions. - Jean Piaget Psychologist · Switzerland
Action can make you laugh. But just because you are glad. Even if there is no meaning. Explain - Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France
All human actions are equivalent… and all are on principle doomed to failure. Explain - Jean-Paul Sartre Philosopher · France
The one who anticipates the action wins. The one who does not, loses. - Jeff Cooper Firearms instructor and author
The proper course of action, when under attack, is usually to counterattack. - Jeff Cooper Firearms instructor and author
