The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROEvery man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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A man of faith is also full of courage.
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What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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A friend is a second self.
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Freedom is participation in power.
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To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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Natural ability without education has more often raised a man to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.
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We are all servants of the laws in order to be free.
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I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men.
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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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Ability without honor is useless.
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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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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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Is not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?
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