Nothing stands out so conspicuously, or remains so firmly fixed in the memory, as something which you have blundered.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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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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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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The welfare of the people is the highest law.
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Life is nothing without friendship.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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Ability without honor is useless.
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Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
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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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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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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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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.
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A friend is a second self.
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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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