“For the fame of riches and beauty is fickle and frail, while virtue is eternally excellent.”

—  Sallust

For the glory of wealth and beauty is fleeting and perishable; that of the mind is illustrious and immortal.
Source: Bellum Catilinae (c. 44 BC), Chapter I; Variant translation:

Original

Nam divitiarum et formae gloria fluxa atque fragilis est, virtus clara aeternaque habetur.

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