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Quotation by Sallust:

It is the duty of all men, who would maintain their rank in the scale of the creation, strenuously to endeavor that their lives be not passed in a state of obscurity. Without activity and usefulness, they will little surpass the herds of the field, which are doomed by nature to grovel on the earth, the slaves of sordid and unruly appetites."


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86-34 (Age at death: 52 approx.)

Gaius Sallustius Crispus, generally known simply as Sallust, (86-34 BC), a Roman historian, belonged to a well-known plebeian family, and was born at Amiternum in the country of the Sabines. Throughout his career Sallust always stood by his principle as a popularis, an opposer of Pompey's party and the old aristocracy of Rome.

Country: Italy

Source: The Conspiracy of Catiline interpreted b

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