The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROBut I must at the very beginning lay down this principle – friendship can only exist between good men.
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
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The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another’s heart.
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What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
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Kindness is stronger than fear.
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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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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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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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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
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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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A friend is a second self.
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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
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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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Wisdom is the only thing which can banish sorrow from the breast .
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Freedom is participation in power.
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The welfare of the people is the highest law.
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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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Life is nothing without friendship.
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It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
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While there’s life, there’s hope.
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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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The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
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Not for ourselves alone are we born.
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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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In times of war, the law falls silent.
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Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.
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