For the whole life of a philosopher is, as the same philosopher says, a meditation on death.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROInstead let Virtue herself, by her own unaided allurements, summon you to a glory that is genuine and real.
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The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.
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Never injure a friend, even in jest.
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To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
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Wisdom is the only thing which can banish sorrow from the breast .
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Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
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If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life. With confidence, you have won even before you have started.
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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
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For walk where we will, we tread upon some story.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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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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Is not prosperity robbed of half its value if you have no one to share your joy?
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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
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I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men.
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
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I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
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Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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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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Freedom is participation in power.
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Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
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If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
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The fruit of too much liberty is slavery.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
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