Nothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROIt is a great thing to know your vices.
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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him.
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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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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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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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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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A room without books is like a body without a soul.
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Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
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The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
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What is dishonorably got, is dishonorably squandered.
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Though silence is not necessarily an admission, it is not a denial, either.
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Dogs wait for us faithfully.
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The closer the collapse of the Empire, the crazier its laws are.
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