He preferred to be rather than to seem good. — Sallust
He preferred to be rather than to seem good.
In the original Latin
Esse quam videri bonus malebat.
42 BC
★ 3.9On Cato.
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Sallust. "The War with Catiline." The War with Catiline and The War with Jugurtha, translated by John T. Ramsey J. C. Rolfe. Harvard University Press, 2013.
Original citation
Sallust. Bellum Catilinae [War of Catiline]. c. 43–40 BC.
