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For it is but usurpation in him to save, as their rightful lord, the lives of men over whom he has no title to reign.

Cato the Younger

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In conversation avoid the extremes of forwardness and reserve.
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This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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Some have said that it is not the business of private men to meddle with government–a bold and dishonest saying, which is fit to come from no mouth but that of a tyrant or a slave.
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Don’t promise twice what you can do at once.
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The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
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Good-breeding is the art of showing men, by external signs, the internal regard we have for them. It arises from good sense, improved by conversing with good company.
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Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he is catching you.]
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For it is but usurpation in him to save, as their rightful lord, the lives of men over whom he has no title to reign.
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I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
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Speak briefly and to the point.
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