We are bound by the law, so that we may be free.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROTo be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. For what is the worth of human life, unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors by the records of history?
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God.
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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.
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Not for ourselves alone are we born.
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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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The welfare of the people is the highest law.
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Books: our unfailing companions.
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I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.
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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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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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Kindness is stronger than fear.
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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 function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
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Old age: the crown of life, our play’s last act.
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