For the whole life of a philosopher is, as the same philosopher says, a meditation on death.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROCultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
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Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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We are all servants of the laws in order to be free.
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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.
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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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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
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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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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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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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