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The Following Passage Is One Of Those Cited By Copernicus Himself In His Preface To De Revolutionibus: "the Syracusan Hicetas, As Theophrastus Asserts, Holds The View That The Heaven, Sun, Moon, Stars, And In Short All Of The Things On High Are Stationary, And That Nothing In The World Is In Motion Except The Earth, Which By Revolving And Twisting Round Its Axis With Extreme Velocity Produces All The Same Results As Would Be Produced If The Earth Were Stationary And The Heaven In Motion. . . ."

-Marcus Tullius Cicero

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The Following Passage Is One Of Those Cited By Copernicus Himself In His Preface To De Revolutionibus: "the Syracusan Hicetas, As Theophrastus Asserts, Holds The View That The Heaven, Sun, Moon, Stars, And In Short All Of The Things On High Are Stationary, And That Nothing In The World Is In Motion Except The Earth, Which By Revolving And Twisting Round Its Axis With Extreme Velocity Produces All The Same Results As Would Be Produced If The Earth Were Stationary And The Heaven In Motion. . . ."

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An Unjust Peace Is Better Than A Just War.

It Is Difficult To Set Bounds To The Price Unless You First Set Bounds To The Wish.

There Is In Superstition A Senseless Fear Of God.

The Mansion Should Not Be Graced By Its Master, The Master Should Grace The Mansion.

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I Will Adhere To The Counsels Of Good Men, Although Misfortune And Death Should Be The Consequence.

Reason Is The Mistress And Queen Of All Things. [lat., Domina Omnium Et Regina Ratio.]

Action Is The Language Of The Body And Should Harmonize With The Spirit Within.

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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.

Not To Know What Has Been Transacted In Former Times Is To Continue Always A Child.

Let War Be So Carried On That No Other Object May Seem To Be Sought But The Acquisition Of Peace. [lat., Bellum Autem Ita Suscipiatur, Ut Nihil Aliud, Nisi Pax, Quaesita Videatur.]

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

No One Dances Sober, Unless He Is Insane.

The Science Of Love Is The Philosophy Of The Heart

What Is So Beneficial To The People As Liberty, Which We See Not Only To Be Greedily Sought After By Men, But Also By Beasts, And To Be Prepared In All Things.

Work Makes A Callus Against Grief.

What Is Dishonorably Got, Is Dishonorably Squandered.

The Beauty Of The World And The Orderly Arrangement Of Everything Celestial Makes Us Confess That There Is An Excellent And Eternal Nature, Which Ought To Be Worshiped And Admired By All Mankind.

Time Destroys The Speculation Of Men, But It Confirms Nature.

The Whole Glory Of Virtue Resides In Activity.

War Should Be Undertaken In Such A Way As To Show That Its Only Object Is Peace.

It Is The Stain And Disgrace Of The Age To Envy Virtue, And To Be Anxious To Crush The Very Flower Of Dignity.

In Nothing Do Humans Approach So Nearly To The Gods As Doing Good To Others.

Would That I Could Discover Truth As Easily As I Can Uncover Falsehood.

There Is No Life Without Friendship

It Is Exercise Alone That Supports The Spirits, And Keeps The Mind In Vigor.

Laws Should Be Interpreted In A Liberal Sense So That Their Intention May Be Preserved.

We Learn Nothing From History Except That We Learn Nothing From History.

Everything That Thou Reprovest In Another, Thou Must Most Carefully Avoid In Thyself. [lat., Omnia Quae Vindicaris In Altero, Tibi Ipsi Vehementer Fugienda Sunt.]

A Man Has No Enemy Worse Than Himself.

Let Every Man Practice The Art That He Knows Best.

Even The Ablest Pilots Are Willing To Receive Advice From Passengers In Tempestuous Weather.

In The Master There Is A Servant, In The Servant A Master.

Nature Abhors Annihilation.

Habit Is, As It Were, A Second Nature. [lat., Consuetudo Quasi Altera Natura Effici.]

Those Who Do Not Know History Will Forever Remain Children

It Is A Man's Own Dishonesty, His Crimes, His Wickedness, And Boldness, That Takes Away From Him Soundness Of Mind; These Are The Furies, These The Flames And Firebrands, Of The Wicked.

Politeness And An Affable Address Are Our Best Introduction.

This, Therefore, Is A Law Not Found In Books, But Written On The Fleshly Tablets Of The Heart, Which We Have Not Learned From Man, Received Or Read, But Which We Have Caught Up From Nature Herself, Sucked In And Imbibed; The Knowledge Of Which We Were Not Taught, But For Which We Were Made; We Received It Not By Education, But By Intuition.

The Strictest Law Often Causes The Most Serious Wrong

The Injuries That Befall Us Unexpectedly Are Less Severe Than Those Which Are Deliberately Anticipated.

Nothing Is More Praiseworthy, Nothing More Suited To A Great And Illustrious Man Than Placability And A Merciful Disposition.

To Those Who Are Engaged In Commercial Dealings, Justice Is Indispensable For The Conduct Of Business.

By Doubting We Come At Truth.

History Is The Teacher Of Life

Wisdom Often Exists Under A Shabby Coat.

The Well-known Old Remark Of Cato, Who Used To Wonder How Two Soothsayers Could Look One Another In The Face Without Laughing.

We Should Never So Entirely Avoid Danger As To Appear Irresolute And Cowardly; But, At The Same Time, We Should Avoid Unnecessarily Exposing Ourselves To Danger, Than Which Nothing Can Be More Foolish.

Socrates, Indeed, When He Was Asked Of What Country He Called Himself, Said, "of The World"; For He Considered Himself An Inhabitant And A Citizen Of The Whole World.

Nature Herself Has Imprinted On The Minds Of All The Idea Of God

Like Readily Consorts With Like.

Thrift Is Of Great Revenue.

Silent Enim Leges Inter Arma (laws Are Silent In Times Of War).

We Are Motivated By A Keen Desire For Praise, And The Better A Man Is The More He Is Inspired By Glory. The Very Philosophers Themselves, Even In Those Books Which They Write In Contempt Of Glory, Inscribe Their Names.

Just What Is The Civil Law? What Neither Influence Can Affect, Nor Power Break, Nor Money Corrupt: Were It To Be Suppressed Or Even Merely Ignored Or Inadequately Observed, No One Would Feel Safe About Anything, Whether His Own Possessions, The Inheritance He Expects From His Father, Or The Bequests He Makes To His Children.

Let The Punishment Be Equal With The Offence. [lat., Noxiae Poena Par Esto.]

What Fervent Love Of Herself Would Virtue Excite If She Could Be Seen!

A Man's Own Manner And Character Is What Most Becomes Him.

There Never Was A Great Soul That Did Not Have Some Divine Inspiration.

Divine Inspiration

It Is Difficult To Persuade Mankind That The Love Of Virtue Is The Love Of Themselves.

For If That Last Day Does Not Occasion An Entire Extinction, But A Change Of Abode Only, What Can Be More Desirable? And If It, On The Other Hand, Destroys And Absolutely Puts An End To Us, What Can Be Preferable To Having A Deep Sleep Fall On Us In The Midst Of The Fatigues Of Life And, Being Thus Overtaken, To Sleep To Eternity?

Crimes Are Not To Be Measured By The Issue Of Events, But By The Bad Intentions Of Men.

Be Sure That It Is Not You That Is Mortal, But Only Your Body. For That Man Whom Your Outward Form Reveals Is Not Yourself; The Spirit Is The True Self, Not That Physical Figure Which And Be Pointed Out By Your Finger.

It Is Better To Receive Than To Do Injury.

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.

A S Laws Multiply, Injustice Increases.

An Agreement Of Rash Men (a Conspiracy).

They Are, All Of Them, Born With Raging Fanaticism In Their Hearts, Just As The Bretons And The Germans Are Born With Blond Hair. I Would Not Be In The Least Bit Surprised If These People Would Not Some Day Become Deadly To The Human Race.

If Our Lives Are Endangered By Plots Or Violence Or Armed Robbers Or Enemies, Any And Every Method Of Protecting Ourselves Is Morally Right.

Men Resemble The Gods In Nothing So Much As In Doing Good To Their Fellow Creatures.

The Leaders Should All Relate To This Principle: The Governed Must Be As Happy As Possible.

Nihil Est Incertius Vulgo, Nihil Obscurius Voluntate Hominum, Nihil Fallacius Ratione Tota Comitiorum. (nothing Is More Unpredictable Than The Mob, Nothing More Obscure Than Public Opinion, Nothing More Deceptive Than The Whole Political System.)

History Is The Witness That Testifies To The Passing Of Time; It Illumines Reality, Vitalizes Memory, Provides Guidance In Daily Life And Brings Us Tidings Of Antiquities.  

Diligence Which, As It Avails In All Things, Is Also Of The Utmost Moment In Pleading Causes. Diligence Is To Be Particularly Cultivated By Us; It Is To Be Constantly Exerted; It Is Capable Of Effecting Almost Everything.

But As To The Affection Which Anyone May Have For Us, It Is The First Demand Of Duty That We Do Most For Him Who Loves Us Most; But We Should Measure Affection, Not Like Youngsters, By The Ardour Of Its Passion, But Rather By Its Strength And Constancy.

We Must Conceive Of This Whole Universe As One Commonwealth Of Which Both Gods And Men Are Members.

The Magistrates Are The Ministers For The Laws, The Judges Their Interpreters, The Rest Of Us Are Servants Of The Law, That We All May Be Free.

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No One Sees What Is Before His Feet: We All Gaze At The Stars. [lat., Quod Est Ante Pedes Nemo Spectat: Coeli Scrutantur Plagas.]

Nothing Is So Unpredictable As A Throw Of The Dice, And Yet Every Man Who Plays Often Will At Some Time Or Other Make A Venus-cast: Now And Then He Indeed Will Make It Twice And Even Thrice In Succession. Are We Going To Be So Feebleminded Then As To Aver That Such A Thing Happened By The Personal Intervention Of Venus Rather Than By Pure Luck?

For A Courageous Man Cannot Die Dishonorably, A Man Who Has Attained The Consulship Cannot Die Before His Time, A Philosopher Cannot Die Wretchedly.

The Multitude Of Fools Is A Protection To The Wise.

Orators Are Most Vehement When They Have The Weakest Cause, As Men Get On Horseback When They Cannot Walk.

I Criticize By Creation - Not By Finding Fault.

Not In Opinion But In Nature Is Law Founded.

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