English Translations:
Omnis homines qui sese student praestare ceteris animalibus summa ope niti decet ne vitam silentio transeant, veluti pecora quae natura prona atque ventri oboedientia finxit. --Sallust, De Coniuratione Catilinae 1.1
It is right for all men who are eager to surpass the other living creatures to strive with the greatest effort so that they don't pass through life in silence, just like cattle that nature fixes bent downward and subservient to their belly.
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