To be rather than to seem.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICERONothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
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To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.
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Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
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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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Kindness is stronger than fear.
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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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The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
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Never injure a friend, even in jest.
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Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
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