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Quotation from Catiline's War and The Jugurthine War by Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
“When the mind is freely exerted, its reasoning is sound; but passion, if it gain possession of it, becomes its tyrant, and reason is powerless.”
Catiline's War and The Jugurthine War, Catiline's War, ch. LI, trans. John Selby Watson
The opening of Caesar's speech to the senate on the punishment of the captured conspirators.
Citation: "When the mind is freely exerted, its reasoning is sound; but passion, if it gain possession of it, becomes its tyrant, and reason is powerless." — Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus), Catiline's War and The Jugurthine War, Catiline's War, ch. LI, trans. John Selby Watson. (id sallust-catiline-and-jugurtha-q4)
Portrait: Salluste (cropped), Philippe Trière after Maréchal, Public domain.
