The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.
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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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A friend is a second self.
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To be rather than to seem.
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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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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To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.
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Freedom will bite back more fiercely when suspended than when she remains undisturbed.
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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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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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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
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