Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROI criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
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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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For the whole life of a philosopher is, as the same philosopher says, a meditation on death.
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I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
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Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
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Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to 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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Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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The fruit of too much liberty is slavery.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
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We are all servants of the laws in order to be free.
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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
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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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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
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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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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
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