It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWisdom is the only thing which can banish sorrow from the breast .
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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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What can be more delightful than to have some one to whom you can say everything with the same absolute confidence as to yourself?
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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While there’s life, there’s hope.
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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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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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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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To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.
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Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.
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Is not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?
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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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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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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
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