I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROFor the whole life of a philosopher is, as the same philosopher says, a meditation on death.
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To be rather than to seem.
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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
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Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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The welfare of the people is the highest law.
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Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter.
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Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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Instead let Virtue herself, by her own unaided allurements, summon you to a glory that is genuine and real.
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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
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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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Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
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While there’s life, there’s hope.
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