"Let the prince be ever mindful of Sallust's teaching that neither soldiers nor money can defend a king but only friends won by good deeds, merit, and honesty."
— Sallust

January 1, 1970

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Joanot Martorell, in Tirant lo Blanch (1490), as translated by David H. Rosenthal (1984), p. 245; the bolded portion of this, which seems to be a summation or paraphrase is sometimes presented as a quote of Sallust.