For the whole life of a philosopher is, as the same philosopher says, a meditation on death.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROTimes are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
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The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another’s heart.
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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.
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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself: if you heed yourself, you’ll never go wrong.
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Books: our unfailing companions.
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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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Not for ourselves alone are we born.
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Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
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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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To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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