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The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time.

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This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.

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To reduce man to the duties of his own city, and to disengage him from duties to the members of other cities, is to break the universal society of the human race.

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They condemn what they do not understand.

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For how many things, which for our own sake we should never do, do we perform for the sake of our friends.

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The most desirable thing in life after health and modest means is leisure with dignity.

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Opinionum enim commenta delet dies; naturæ judicia confirmat. Time destroys the groundless conceits of men; it confirms decisions founded on reality.

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It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse, "The recollection of past labors is pleasant." [Lat., Vulgo enim dicitur, Jucundi acti labores: nec male Euripides: concludam, si potero, Latine: Graecum enim hunc versum nostis omnes: Suavis laborum est proeteritorum memoria.

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In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.

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If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.

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Memory is the receptacle and sheath of all knowledge

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There is a certain virtue in every good man, which night and day stirs up the mind with the stimulus of glory, and reminds it that all mention of our name will not cease at the same time with our lives, but that our fame will endure to all posterity.

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There is no castle so strong that it cannot be overthrown by money.

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Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.

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He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it.

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For the laws are dumb in the midst of arms.

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The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.

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Quacks pretend to cure other men's disorders, but fail to find a remedy for their own.

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For as the law is set over the magistrate, even so are the magistrates set over the people. And therefore, it may be truly said, "that the magistrate is a speaking law, and the law is a silent magistrate.

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The life given us, by nature is short; but the memory of a well-spent life is eternal.

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