Nothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROFriendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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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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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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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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A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.
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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
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A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.
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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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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
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The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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Not for ourselves alone are we born.
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We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
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