Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROA mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.
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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
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Books: our unfailing companions.
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Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.
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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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A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.
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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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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 set in the memory of the living.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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In times of war, the law falls silent.
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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
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I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men.
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The enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
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To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.
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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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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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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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No power on earth, if it labours beneath the burden of fear, can possibly be strong enough to survive.
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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
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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 function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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We are all servants of the laws in order to be free.
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