The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROTo study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
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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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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
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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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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
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No power on earth, if it labours beneath the burden of fear, can possibly be strong enough to survive.
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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.
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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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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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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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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.
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