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" Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. "
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Virtue
Glory
Shadow
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" In time of war the laws are silent. "
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" What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk. "
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" Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak. "
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" Sweet is the memory of past troubles. "
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" Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator. "
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" The sinews of war are infinite money. "
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" Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty. "
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" If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live. "
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Wish
" Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system. "
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" Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself. "
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Confidence
Great
" To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child. "
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Child
Always
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" He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing. "
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" As fire when thrown into water is cooled down and put out, so also a false accusation when brought against a man of the purest and holiest character, boils over and is at once dissipated, and vanishes and threats of heaven and sea, himself standing unmoved. "
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