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They are eloquent who can speak low things acutely, and of great things with dignity, and of moderate things with temper.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest god. [Lat., Fortis vero, dolorem summum malum judicans aut temperans, voluptatem summum bonum statuens, esse certe nullo modo potest.]
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It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.
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For hardly any man dances when sober, unless he is insane. Nor does he dance while alone, nor at a respectable and moderate party. Dancing is the final phase of a wild party with fancy decorations and a multitude of delights.
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I do not understand what the man who is happy wants in order to be happier.
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I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature.
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Silent enim leges inter arma (Laws are silent in times of war).
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