What did Sallust mean by: Get good counsel before you begin; and when you have decided, act promptly. - Sallust Historian · Italy Copy
+ By the wicked the good conduct of others is always dreaded. Feraz Zeid, July 8, 2023December 12, 2023, Sallust, Wicked, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
+ Neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Sallust, Honesty, Kings, Soldier, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
+ It is always easy to begin a war, but very difficult to stop one. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Sallust, Difficulty, War, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
+ To have the same desires and the same aversion is assuredly a firm bond of friendship. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Sallust, Aversion, Desire, Friendship, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
+ A small state increases by concord; the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Sallust, Increase, Ruins, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
+ In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Sallust, Arms, Kings, Overcoming, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
+ Poor Britons, there is some good in them after all – they produced an oyster. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Sallust, Culture, Oysters, Poor, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
+ A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. Feraz Zeid, January 10, 2024January 10, 2024, Sallust, Character, 0 - Sallust Historian · Italy
I had learned so much about the world that I had decided to withdraw from it. - Jeff VanderMeer Author · USA
Once you have decided to keep a certain pile, it is no longer yours; for you can’t spend it. - Michel de Montaigne Philosopher · France
When who you are and what you are is not decided by any external forces, then you are in dignity. - Jaggi Vasudev
You must be single minded. Drive for the one thing on which you have decided. - George S. Patton General · USA
It helped me when I decided that we’re on this planet to learn to live together and get along. - Greta Scacchi
Are you telling me your brain and your lady parts decided on a love fest bake-off winner? - Janet Evanovich Author · USA