Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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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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No power on earth, if it labours beneath the burden of fear, can possibly be strong enough to survive.
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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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The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
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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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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
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A friend is a second self.
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
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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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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 shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
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The welfare of the people is the highest law.
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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