He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROWe must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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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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Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
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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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What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
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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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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another’s heart.
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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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We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
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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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A friend is a second self.
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The welfare of the people is the highest law.
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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
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A man of faith is also full of courage.
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To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
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Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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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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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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