Not for ourselves alone are we born.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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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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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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The life of the dead is set in the memory of the living.
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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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Knowledge which is divorced from justice may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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Dogs wait for us faithfully.
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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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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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Freedom will bite back more fiercely when suspended than when she remains undisturbed.
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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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To teach is a necessity, to please is a sweetness, to persuade is a victory.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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Never injure a friend, even in jest.
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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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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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I would rather be wrong, by God, with Plato than be correct with those men.
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A friend is a second self.
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Kindness is stronger than fear.
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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
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A man of faith is also full of courage.
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Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God.
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In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made.
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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you.
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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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