For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROHe only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
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A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.
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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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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
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To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.
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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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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
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The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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A friend is a second self.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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