It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROOld age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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The causes of events are ever more interesting than the events themselves.
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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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To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
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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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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
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I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
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To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.
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Books: our unfailing companions.
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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
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For walk where we will, we tread upon some story.
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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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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
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Kindness is stronger than fear.
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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
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Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
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Wisdom is the only thing which can banish sorrow from the breast .
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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
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Is not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?
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I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men.
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We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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