Some have said that it is not the business of private men to meddle with government–a bold and dishonest saying, which is fit to come from no mouth but that of a tyrant or a slave.
CATO THE YOUNGERFor 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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The cabbage surpasses all other vegetables. If, at a banquet, you wish to dine a lot and enjoy your dinner, then eat as much cabbage as you wish, seasoned with vinegar, before dinner, and likewise after dinner eat some half-dozen leaves.
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A honest man is seldom a vagrant.
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Do not expect good from another’s death.
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By Liberty I understand the Power which every Man has over his own Actions, and his Right to enjoy the Fruits of his Labour,
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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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The primary virtue is: hold your tongue; who knows how to keep quiet is close to God.
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Never travel by sea when you can go by land.
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Bitter are the roots of study, but how sweet their fruit.
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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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Consider in silence whatever any one says: speech both conceals and reveals the inner soul of man.
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All have the gift of speech, but few are possessed of wisdom.
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Speak briefly and to the point.
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It will make you feel as if you had not eaten, and you can drink as much as you like.
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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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Blessed be they as virtuous, who when they feel their virile members swollen with lust, visit a brothel rather than grind at some husband’s private mill.
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