There are several other cited sources of Roosevelt using this proverb.
Sallust
A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.
man evil good injustice defeat
Ambition drove many men to become false to have one thought locked in the breast, another ready on the tongue.
ambition men thought false tongue ready
proverb virtue
They envy the distinction I have won let them therefore, envy my toils, my honesty, and the methods by which I gained it.
honesty envy distinction
By union the smallest states thrive. By discord the greatest are destroyed.
unity discord
The renown which riches or beauty confer is fleeting and frail mental excellence is a splendid and lasting possession.
beauty excellence possession riches mental
Before you act consider when you have considered, tis fully time to act.
time act
Few men desire liberty The majority are satisfied with a just master.
majority liberty men desire master
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
glory wealth possession eternal virtue fragile
As the blessings of health and fortune have a beginning, so they must also find an end. Everything rises but to fall, and increases but to decay.
health fortune change blessings fall end beginning find decay
In my opinion, he only may be truly said to live and enjoy his being who is engaged in some laudable pursuit, and acquires a name by some illustrious action, or useful art.
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The golden age is before us, not behind us.
age
Ambition breaks the ties of blood, and forgets the obligations of gratitude.
ambition gratitude blood
It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths, to cut all friendships and enmities to the measure of their own interest, and to make a good countenance without the help of good will.
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The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.
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