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Endless money forms the sinews of war. (Cicero)
The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct. View quote
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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff. View quote
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Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame. View quote
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History is truly the witness of times past, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity; whose voice, but the orator's, can entrust her to immortality? View quote
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Let your desires be ruled by reason. View quote
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Advice is judged by results, not by intentions. View quote
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Force overcome by force. (Vi Victa Vis) View quote
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The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death. View quote
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Politicians are not born; they are excreted. View quote
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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? (Cicero)
The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory. View quote
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Silence is one of the great arts of conversation. View quote
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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. View quote
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The face is a picture of the mind with the eyes as its interpreter. View quote
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To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one's self to die. View quote
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Life is nothing without friendship. View quote
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What is morally wrong can never be advantageous, even when it enables you to make some gain that you believe to be to your advantage. The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious. View quote
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Your enemies can kill you, but only your friends can hurt you. View quote
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Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book. View quote
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Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goest out. The task of the educated mind is simply put: read to lead. (Cicero)
Freedom is participation in power. View quote
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Time obliterates the fictions of opinion and confirms the decisions of nature. View quote
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Dogs wait for us faithfully. View quote
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We are bound by the law, so that we may be free. View quote
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