Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROAbility without honor is useless.
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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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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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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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It is a great thing to know your vices.
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Life is nothing without friendship.
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Never injure a friend, even in jest.
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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
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Nothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
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The welfare of the people is the highest law.
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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
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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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Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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But I must at the very beginning lay down this principle—friendship can only exist between good men.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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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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Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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Books: our unfailing companions.
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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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The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
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Kindness is stronger than fear.
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
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