We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROFor the whole life of a philosopher is, as the same philosopher says, a meditation on death.
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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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The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.
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A man of faith is also full of courage.
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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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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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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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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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What can be more delightful than to have some one to whom you can say everything with the same absolute confidence as to yourself?
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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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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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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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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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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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What an ugly beast is the ape, and how like us.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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