Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROOur span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
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Freedom is participation in power.
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What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
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Kindness is stronger than fear.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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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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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 wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
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Ability without honor is useless.
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We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
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To be rather than to seem.
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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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