No power on earth, if it labours beneath the burden of fear, can possibly be strong enough to survive.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROFor the whole life of a philosopher is, as the same philosopher says, a meditation on death.
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Nothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
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Life is nothing without friendship.
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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 wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
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A happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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We are all servants of the laws in order to be free.
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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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Freedom will bite back more fiercely when suspended than when she remains undisturbed.
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What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
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The welfare of the people is the highest law.
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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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