When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe fruit of too much liberty is slavery.
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Not for ourselves alone are we born.
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In times of war, the law falls silent.
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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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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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Politicians are not born; they are excreted.
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Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
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A mental stain can neither be blotted out by the passage of time nor washed away by any waters.
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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does, he should do with all his might.
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We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.
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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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Life is nothing without friendship.
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A friend is a second self.
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Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.
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Cultivation of the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
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The welfare of the people is the highest law.
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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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