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I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue.

Cato the Younger

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Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.
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I would not be beholden to a tyrant, for his acts of tyranny.
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Act Behold Freedom Men Tyrant
Flee sloth; for the indolence of the soul is the decay of the body.
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Since it has such a remembrance of the best, such a concern for the future, since it is enriched with so many arts, sciences, and discoveries, it is impossible but the being which contains all these must be immortal.
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Art Best Concern Discover Enrich Future Many Remembrance Since Immortal
A honest man is seldom a vagrant.
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Honest Men Seldom Vagrant
The Fruits of a Man’s honest Industry are the just Rewards of it, ascertained to him by natural and eternal Equity, as is his Title to use them in the Manner which he thinks fit: And thus, with the above Limitations, every Man is sole Lord and Arbitrer of his own private Actions and Property.
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I think the first wisdom is to restrain the tongue.
CATO THE YOUNGER

First Talking Thinking Tongue Wisdom
It is remarkable that men, when they differ in what they think considerable, will be apt to differ in almost everything else; their difference begets contradiction; contradiction begets heat; heat quickly rises into resentment, rage, and ill-will; thus they differ in affections, as they differ in judgment.
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Almost Considerable Differ Difference Differences Else Everything Men Often Remarkable Thinking
Those magistrates who can prevent crime, and do not, in effect encourage it.
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I will begin to speak, when I have that to say which had not better be unsaid.
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This is my firm persuasion, that since the human soul exerts itself with so great activity.
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For it is but usurpation in him to save, as their rightful lord, the lives of men over whom he has no title to reign.
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Lord Men Over Reign Rightful Save Title Usurpation
The best way to keep good acts in memory is to refresh them with new.
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Regard not dreams, since they are but the images of our hopes and fears.
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All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.
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Should anyone attempt to deceive you by false expressions, and not be a true friend at heart, act in the same manner, and thus art will defeat art. [If you would catch a man let him think he is catching you.]
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