Sallust is a big change from Plautus! I am really struggling with this one:
Frūstrā autem nītī neque aliud sē fatīgandō nisi odium quaerere extrēmae dēmentiae est; nisi forte quem inhonesta et perniciōsa libīdō tenet potentiae paucōrum decus atque lībertātem suam grātificārī
I am reading it as
nisi forte inhonesta et perniciōsa libīdō (ali)quem tenet
but then I can't make sense of the last part.
Frūstrā autem nītī neque aliud sē fatīgandō nisi odium quaerere extrēmae dēmentiae est; nisi forte quem inhonesta et perniciōsa libīdō tenet potentiae paucōrum decus atque lībertātem suam grātificārī
I am reading it as
nisi forte inhonesta et perniciōsa libīdō (ali)quem tenet
but then I can't make sense of the last part.