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Quotation from Catiline's War and The Jugurthine War by Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus)
“he was more desirous to be, than to appear, virtuous; and thus, the less he courted popularity, the more it pursued him.”
Catiline's War and The Jugurthine War, Catiline's War, ch. LIV, trans. John Selby Watson
The close of Sallust's comparison of Caesar and Cato, describing Cato.
Citation: "he was more desirous to be, than to appear, virtuous; and thus, the less he courted popularity, the more it pursued him." — Sallust (Gaius Sallustius Crispus), Catiline's War and The Jugurthine War, Catiline's War, ch. LIV, trans. John Selby Watson. (id sallust-catiline-and-jugurtha-q6)
Portrait: Salluste (cropped), Philippe Trière after Maréchal, Public domain.
