Nothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROFor the whole life of a philosopher is, as the same philosopher says, a meditation on death.
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We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
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A man of faith is also full of courage.
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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
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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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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.
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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
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What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
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The fruit of too much liberty is slavery.
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Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God.
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