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The beginnings of all things are small.

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No one has leave to sin.
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The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.
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History is indeed the witness of the times, the light of truth.
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Fortune is not only blind herself, but blinds the people she has embraced.
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What is there that is illustrious that is not also attended by labor?
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It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be anxious to crush the very flower of dignity.
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Nor am I ashamed, as some are, to confess my ignorance of those matters with which I am unacquainted.
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Sed nescio quo modo nihil tam absurde dici potest quod non dicatur ab aliquo philosphorum. (There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.)
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A wise man does nothing by constraint.
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Virtue is its own reward.
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If some lose their whole fortunes, they will drag many more down with them . . . believe me that the whole system of credit and finance which is carried on here at Rome in the Forum, is inextricably bound up with the revenues of the Asiatic province. If Those revenues are destroyed, our whole system of credit will come down with a crash.
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The soil of their native land is dear to all the hearts of mankind.
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