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Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.
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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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By doubting we come at truth.
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The beauty of the world and the orderly arrangement of everything celestial makes us confess that there is an excellent and eternal nature, which ought to be worshiped and admired by all mankind.
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Rashness belongs to youth prudence to old age.
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It is certain that memory contains not only philosophy, but all the arts and all that appertain to the use of life.
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There is no duty more indispensible than that of returning a kindness.
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Judge not by the number, but by the weight.
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Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge
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The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.
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Great is our admiration of the orator who speaks with fluency and discretion.
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Man must suffer to be wise.
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No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.
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Nothing is more praiseworthy, nothing more suited to a great and illustrious man than placability and a merciful disposition.
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There is a difference between justice and consideration in one's relations to one's fellow men. It is the function of justice not to do wrong to one's fellow men of considerateness, not to wound their feelings.
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Our liberality should not exceed our ability.
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The more laws, the less justice.
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Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed (from friendship). [Lat., Assentatio, vitiorum adjutrix, procul amoveatur.]
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Nothing is too absurd to be said by some of the philosophers.
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There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.
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