The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROFor the whole life of a philosopher is, as the same philosopher says, a meditation on death.
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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 authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God.
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
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Life is nothing without friendship.
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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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No power on earth, if it labours beneath the burden of fear, can possibly be strong enough to survive.
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Books: our unfailing companions.
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It is a great thing to know your vices.
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The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
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The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.
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Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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