Nothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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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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Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
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A friend is a second self.
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Wisdom is the only thing which can banish sorrow from the breast .
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Books: our unfailing companions.
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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
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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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Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God.
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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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For walk where we will, we tread upon some story.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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Freedom will bite back more fiercely when suspended than when she remains undisturbed.
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