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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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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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The whole glory of virtue resides in activity.
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The great theatre for virtue is conscience.
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It is pleasant to recall past troubles.
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All soils are not fertile.
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Virtue is its own reward.
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What is impossible by the nature of things is not confirmed by any law.
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Men, in whatever anxiety they may be, if they are men, sometimes indulge in relaxation.
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I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money. Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.
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True glory strikes root, and even extends itself all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing be lasting.
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The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.
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To freemen, threats are impotent. [Lat., Nulla enim minantis auctoritas apud liberos est.]
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Men think they may justly do that for which they have a precedent.
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Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.
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The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.
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Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace.
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Men in no way approach so nearly to the gods as in doing good to men. [Lat., Homines ad deos nulla re propius accedunt, quam salutem hominibus dando.]
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The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.
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We learn nothing from history except that we learn nothing from history.
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