Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
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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We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
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Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
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For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
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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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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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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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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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Is not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?
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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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Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
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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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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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Never injure a friend, even in jest.
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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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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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The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
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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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It is a great thing to know your vices.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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Instead let Virtue herself, by her own unaided allurements, summon you to a glory that is genuine and real.
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
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