Wisdom is the only thing which can banish sorrow from the breast .
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROKnowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
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Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.
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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
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In times of war, the law falls silent.
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Freedom is participation in power.
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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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Life is nothing without friendship.
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Nothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
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Instead let Virtue herself, by her own unaided allurements, summon you to a glory that is genuine and real.
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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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But I must at the very beginning lay down this principle—friendship can only exist between good men.
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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself: if you heed yourself, you’ll never go wrong.
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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
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Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.
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It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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Kindness is stronger than fear.
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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