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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 ...
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Persistence in a single view has never been regarded as a merit in political leaders.
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Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral syst...
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Let arms yield to the toga, let the [victor's] laurel yield to the [orator's] tongue.
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For a courageous man cannot die dishonorably, a man who has attained the consulship cannot die before his time, a philosopher cannot die wretc...
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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
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The budget should be balanced, the Treasury should be refilled, public debt should be reduced, the arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and the assistance to foreign lands should be curtailed lest Rome become bankrupt. People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance.
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When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson, and retain it faithfully. Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.
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Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually?
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Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.
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To disregard what the world thinks of us is not only arrogant but utterly shameless.
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The injuries that befall us unexpectedly are less severe than those which are deliberately anticipated.
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Six mistakes mankind keeps making century after century: Believing that personal gain is made by crushing others; Worrying about things that cannot be changed or corrected; Insisting that a thing is impossible because we cannot accomplish it; Refusing to set aside trivial preferences; Neglecting development and refinement of the mind; Attempting to compel others to believe and live as we do.
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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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Every stage of human life, except the last, is marked out by certain and defined limits; old age alone has no precise and determinate boundaries
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Give me a young man in whom there is some- thing of the old, and an old man with something of the young: guided so, a man may grow old in body, but never in mind.
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I am testis tempurum, lux veritatis, vita memorial, magistra vitae, nunita vetustatis. The Philosopher
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In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in doing good to their fellow men
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