To make a mistake is only human; to persist in a mistake is idiotic.
MARCUS TULLIUS CICEROLaw applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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The countenance is the portrait of the soul, and the eyes mark its intention.
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Books: our unfailing companions.
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Nature herself has imprinted on the minds of all the idea of God.
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If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
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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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Diseases of the soul are more dangerous and more numerous than those of the body.
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Law applied to its extreme is the greatest injustice.
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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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He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
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What is sweeter than lettered ease?
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To be content with what we possess is the greatest and most secure of riches.
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It is our own evil thoughts which madden us.
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Nothing cruel is in fact beneficial; for cruelty is extremely hostile to the nature of man, which we ought to follow.
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Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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