A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROOld age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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Books: our unfailing companions.
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
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Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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It is a great thing to know your vices.
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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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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
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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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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
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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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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
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