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Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.
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For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.
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No wise man has called a change of opinion in constancy.
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Friendship is infinitely better than kindness.
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The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.
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An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home. [Lat., Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.]
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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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Rashness belongs to youth prudence to old age.
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Fire and water are not of more universal use than friendship.
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Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief, The doves of Noah ne'er had roost Nor found an olive-leaf.
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Honor is the reward of virtue.
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Though laughter is allowable, a horse-laugh is abominable.
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As I breathe, I hope.
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The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.
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Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
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He has no worse enemy than himself.
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The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.
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No man should so act as to make a gain out of the ignorance of another.
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Mathematics is an obscure field, an abstruse science, complicated and exact yet so many have attained perfection in it that we might conclude almost anyone who seriously applied himself would achieve a measure of success.
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What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?
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