Гай Саллюстий Крисп цитаты
Гай Саллюстий Крисп
Дата рождения: 86 до н.э.
Дата смерти: 34 до н.э.
Гай Саллю́стий Крисп — древнеримский историк, реформатор античной историографии, оказавший значительное влияние на Тацита и других историков.
Саллюстий стал одним из первых римских историков, кто ввёл в исторические произведения развёрнутые речи главных героев, призванные лучше подчеркнуть особенности их характера и политической ориентации. Также одним из первых бросил критический взгляд на недавнюю историю Рима. От его главного труда, «Истории», сохранились незначительные отрывки. Более известны две небольшие исторические монографии — «О заговоре Катилины» и «Югуртинская война». Теоретической основой трудов Саллюстия стало учение об упадке нравов, согласно которому причиной кризиса Римской республики стал отход от традиционных добродетелей к господству честолюбия и жадности.
Подобные авторы
Публий Корнелий Тацит35
древнеримский историк
Плиний Младший7
древнеримский политик и писатель, адвокат
Апулей22
древнеримский писатель, философ-платоник, ритор
Публий Теренций Афр17
древнеримский комедиограф
Петроний Арбитр10
древнеримский писатель
Катон Старший21
древнеримский государственный деятель и писатель
Марк Туллий Цицерон173
древнеримский философ и политикЦитаты Гай Саллюстий Крисп
„As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end.“
— Sallust
Context: As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
As quoted in The Cyclopaedia of Practical Quotations: English and Latin (1894) edited by J. K. Hoyt and Anna L. Ward, p. 508
„Plenty of eloquence, not enough wisdom“
— Sallust
Bellum Catilinae (c. 44 BC), said of Catiline
Satis eloquentiae, sapientiae parum.
„But when sloth has introduced itself in the place of industry, and covetousness and pride in that of moderation and equity, the condition of a state is altered together with its morals; and thus authority is always transferred from the less to the more deserving.“
— Sallust
Bellum Catilinae (c. 44 BC), Verum ubi pro labore desidia, pro continentia et aequitate libido atque superbia invasere, fortuna simul cum moribus immutatur. Ita imperium semper ad optimum quemque a minus bono transfertur. (II)
„And, indeed, if the intellectual ability of kings and magistrates were exerted to the same degree in peace as in war, human affairs would be more orderly and settled, and you would not see governments shifted from hand to hand, and things universally changed and confused. For dominion is easily secured by those qualities by which it was at first obtained. But when sloth has introduced itself in the place of industry, and covetousness and pride in that of moderation and equity, the fortune of a state is altered together with its morals; and thus authority is always transferred from the less to the more deserving.“
— Sallust
Bellum Catilinae (c. 44 BC), Quod si regum atque imperatorum animi virtus in pace ita ut in bello valeret, aequabilius atque constantius sese res humanae haberent neque aliud alio ferri neque mutari ac misceri omnia cerneres. Nam imperium facile iis artibus retinetur, quibus initio partum est. Verum ubi pro labore desidia, pro continentia et aequitate lubido atque superbia invasere, fortuna simul cum moribus inmutatur. Ita imperium semper ad optumum quemque a minus bono transferetur.
Chapter II, sections 3-6; translation by Rev. John Selby Watson
„For the fame of riches and beauty is fickle and frail, while virtue is eternally excellent.“
— Sallust
Bellum Catilinae (c. 44 BC), Nam divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est, virtus clara aeternaque habetur.
Chapter I; Variant translation:
For the glory of wealth and beauty is fleeting and perishable; that of the mind is illustrious and immortal.
