It is a great thing to know your vices.
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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The fruit of too much liberty is slavery.
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I criticize by creation, not by finding fault.
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To 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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We must not only obtain Wisdom: we must enjoy her.
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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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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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Endless money forms the sinews of war.
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Friendship improves happiness, and abates misery, by doubling our joys, and dividing our grief.
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To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.
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What can be more delightful than to have some one to whom you can say everything with the same absolute confidence as to yourself?
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Few are those who wish to be endowed with virtue rather than to seem so.
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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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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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The 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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