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Marcus Tullius Cicero
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That last day does not bring extinction to us, but change of place.
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Physicians, when the cause of disease is discovered, consider that the cure is discovered.
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Man is his own worst enemy. [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
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Even the ablest pilots are willing to receive advice from passengers in tempestuous weather.
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It is necessary for a Senator to be thoroughly acquainted with the constitution and this is a knowledge of the most extensive nature a matter of science, of diligence, of reflection, without which no Senator can possibly be fit for his office.
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Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed by us to virtue, and dishonorable actions to vice and only a madman would conclude that these judgments are matters of opinion, and not fixed by nature.
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The searching-out and thorough investigation of truth ought to be the primary study of man.
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Leisure consists in all those virtuous activities by which a man grows morally, intellectually, and spiritually. It is that which makes a life worth living.
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Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the Roman people used to regard as a very honest and wise judge, was in the habit of asking, time and again, 'To whose benefit?
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Friendship is infinitely better than kindness.
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It is besides necessary that whoever is brave should be a man of great soul.
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These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.
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A wise man does nothing by constraint.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
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For what is there more hideous than avarice, more brutal than lust, more contemptible than cowardice, more base than stupidity and folly?
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To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]
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What is permissible is not always honorable.
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To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.
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Strain every nerve to gain your point.
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The shifts of fortune test the reliability of friends.
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