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Death Is Not Natural For A State As It Is For A Human Being, For Whom Death Is Not Only Necessary, But Frequently Even Desirable.

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Death Is Not Natural

Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Death Is Not Natural For A State As It Is For A Human Being, For Whom Death Is Not Only Necessary, But Frequently Even Desirable.

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Favours Out Of Place I Regard As Positive Injuries.

What Greater Or Better Gift Can We Offer The Republic Than To Teach And Instruct Our Youth? [lat., Quod Enim Munus Reiplicae Afferre Majus, Meliusve Possumus, Quam Si Docemus Atque Erudimus Juventutem?]

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We Were Born To Unite With Our Fellow Men, And To Join In Community With The Human Race.

Nature Herself Makes The Wise Man Rich.

It Is Not A Virtue, But A Deceptive Copy And Imitation Of Virtue, When We Are Led To The Performance Of Duty By Pleasure As Its Recompense.

The Mere Act Of Believing That Some Wrongful Course Of Action Constitutes An Advantage Is Pernicious.

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Constant Practice Devoted To One Subject Often Outdoes Both Intelligence And Skill. - Assiduus Usus Uni Rei Deditus Et Ingenium Et Artem Saepe Vincit

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It Is Not Only Arrogant, But It Is Profligate, For A Man To Disregard The World's Opinion Of Himself.

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What Is Permissible Is Not Always Honorable.

He Is Rich Who Wishes No More Than He Has.

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Of Evils One Should Choose The Least. [lat., Ex Malis Eligere Minima Oportere.]

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As Thou Sowest, So Shalt Thou Reap.

The Authority Of Those Who Teach Is Often An Obstacle To Those Who Want To Learn.

For A Tear Is Quickly Dried, Especially When Shed For The Misfortunes Of Others.

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The More Laws, The Less Justice.

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In A Promise, What You Thought, And Not What You Said, Is Always To Be Considered.

I Am Pleased To Be Praised By A Man So Praised As You, Father. [words Used By Hector.] [lat., Laetus Sum Laudari Me Abs Te, Pater, Laudato Viro.]

O Philosophy, Life's Guide! O Searcher-out Of Virtue And Expeller Of Vices! What Could We And Every Age Of Men Have Been Without Thee? Thou Hast Produced Cities; Thou Hast Called Men Scattered About Into The Social Enjoyment Of Life. [lat., O Vitae Philosophia Dux! O Virtutis Indagatrix, Expultrixque Vitiorum! Quid Non Modo Nos, Sed Omnino Vita Hominum Sine Et Esse Potuisset? Tu Urbes Peperisti; Tu Dissipatos Homines In Societatum Vitae Convocasti.]

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Nothing Is So Secure As That Money Will Not Defeat It.

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Enmity Is Anger Watching The Opportunity For Revenge.

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Nothing Is More Unreliable Than The Populace, Nothing More Obscure Than Human Intentions, Nothing More Deceptive Than The Whole Electoral System.

There Is No Treasure The Which May Be Compared Unto A Faithful Friend; Gold Some Decayeth, And Worldly Wealth Consumeth, And Wasteth In The Winde; But Love Once Planted In A Perfect And Pure Minde Indureth Weale And Woe; The Frownes Of Fortune, Come They Never So Unkinde, Cannot The Same Overthrowe.

The Most Desirable Thing In Life After Health And Modest Means Is Leisure With Dignity.

Grief Is Not In The Nature Of Things, But In Opinion.

The Whole Glory Of Virtue Resides In Activity.

We All Are Imbued With The Love Of Praise.

It Is Difficult To Remember All, And Ungracious To Omit Any.

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.

I Speak Of That Learning Which Wakes Us Acquainted With The Boundless Extent Of Nature, And The Universe, And Which Even While We Remain In This World, Discovers To Us Both Heaven, Earth, And Sea.

The Spirit Is The True Self, Not That Physical Figure Which Can Be Pointed Out By Your Finger.

Nobody Can Give You Wiser Advice Than Yourself; You Will Never Err If You Listen To Your Own Suggestions.

There Is No Praise In Being Upright, Where No One Can, Or Tries To Corrupt You.

The Precepts Of The Law Are These: To Live Honestly, To Injure No One, And To Give Everyone Else His Due.

What One Has, One Ought To Use: And Whatever He Does He Should Do With All His Might.

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I Do Not Understand What The Man Who Is Happy Wants In Order To Be Happier.

Our Generosity Never Should Exceed Our Abilities.

The Aim Of Justice Is To Give Everyone His Due.

To Disregard What The World Thinks Of Us Is Not Only Arrogant But Utterly Shameless. [lat., Negligere Quid De Se Quisque Sentiat, Non Solum Arrogantis Est, Sed Etiam Omnino Dissoluti.]

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No Tempest Or Conflagration, However Great, Is Harder To Quell Than Mob Carried Away By The Novelty Of Power.

People Don't Know The Value Of What They Have Until It Is Gone: Freedom Suppressed And Again Regained Bites With Keener Fangs Than Freedom Never Endangered.... Liberty Is Rendered Even More Precious By The Recollection Of Servitude. Don't Wait Till Freedom Is Gone Before You Enjoy, Value, Support, Protect And Make The Most Of It!

There Is Nothing Which Wings Its Flight So Swiftly As Calumny, Nothing Is Uttered With More Ease; Nothing Is Listened To With More Readiness, Nothing Disbursed More Widely.

Every Man Should Bear His Own Grievances Rather Than Detract From The Comforts Of Another.

History Is The Witness That Testifies To The Passing Of Time.

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Softly! Softly! I Want None But The Judges To Hear Me. The Jews Have Already Gotten Me Into A Fine Mess, As They Have Many Other Gentleman. I Have No Desire To Furnish Further Grist For Their Mills.

The Diseases Of The Mind Are More And More Destructive Than Those Of The Body. [lat., Morbi Perniciores Pluresque Animi Quam Corporis.]

Our Character Is Not So Much The Product Of Race And Heredity As Of Those Circumstances By Which Nature Forms Our Habits, By Which We Are Nurtured And Live.

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Great Is The Power, Great Is The Authority Of A Senate That Is Unanimous In Its Opinions.

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When You Have No Basis For An Argument, Abuse The Plaintiff.

Philosophy Is True Mother Of The Arts [of Science].

Friendship Makes Prosperity Brighter, While It Lightens Adversity By Sharing Its Griefs And Anxieties. [lat., Secundas Res Splendidiores Facit Amicitia, Et Adversas Partiens Communicansque Leviores.]

Prosperity Demands Of Us More Prudence And Moderation Than Adversity.

Nothing Stands Out So Conspicuously, Or Remains So Firmly Fixed In The Memory, As Something Which You Have Blundered.

Hatred Is Settled Anger.

Any Man Is Liable To Err, Only A Fool Persists In Error.

The Function Of Wisdom Is To Discriminate Between Good And Evil.

The Searching-out And Thorough Investigation Of Truth Ought To Be The Primary Study Of Man.

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Great Is Our Admiration Of The Orator Who Speaks With Fluency And Discretion.

History Illumes Reality, Vitalizes Memory, Provides Guidance In Daily Life

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We Must Be Ever On The Search For Some Persons Whom We Shall Love And Who Will Love Us In Return. If Good Will And Affection Are Taken Away, Every Joy Is Taken From Life.

According To The Law Of Nature It Is Only Fair That No One Should Become Richer Through Damages And Injuries Suffered By Another.

Memory Is The Treasury And Guardian Of All Things.

No Sane Man Will Dance.

No One Has Leave To Sin.

If The Soul Has Food For Study And Learning, Nothing Is More Delightful Than An Old Age Of Leisure.

Silence Is One Of The Great Arts Of Conversation.

As You Have Sown So Shall You Reap.

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