Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROBut I must at the very beginning lay down this principle – friendship can only exist between good men.
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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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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
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I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
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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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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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It is foolish to tear one’s hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
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Life is nothing without friendship.
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What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
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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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We are all servants of the laws in order to be free.
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Books: our unfailing companions.
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For the whole life of a philosopher is, as the same philosopher says, a meditation on death.
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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
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While there’s life, there’s hope.
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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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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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In times of war, the law falls silent.
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The life of the dead is placed on the memories of the living. The love you gave in life keeps people alive beyond their time. Anyone who was given love will always live on in another’s heart.
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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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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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
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