But I must at the very beginning lay down this principle—friendship can only exist between good men.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROThe enemy is within the gates; it is with our own luxury, our own folly, our own criminality that we have to contend.
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I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
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Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature.
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What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
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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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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
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Not for ourselves alone are we born.
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No power on earth, if it labours beneath the burden of fear, can possibly be strong enough to survive.
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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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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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A man of faith is also full of courage.
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Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
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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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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
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