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" The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust. "
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Greatest
Pleasures
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" Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error. "
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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. "
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" The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured. "
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" In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought. "
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" Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error. "
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Only
Mistakes
" Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive. "
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Soul
Think
" Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts. "
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Brave
Hearts
" It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own. "
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Others
Own
" Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law. "
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Which
Power
" In time of war the laws are silent. "
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War
Silent
Time
" Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends. "
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Goats
Friends
" What then is freedom? The power to live as one wishes. "
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Power
Then
" Thou shouldst eat to live; not live to eat. "
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Eat
Thou
Live
" Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator. "
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Best
Brevity
Recommendation
" Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes. "
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Man
He
Clever
" Not cohabitation but consensus constitutes marriage. "
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Marriage
Consensus
" Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body. "
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Food
Necessary
Mind
" True glory takes root, and even spreads; all false pretences, like flowers, fall to the ground; nor can any counterfeit last long. "
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Last
Long
Flowers
" Fear is not a lasting teacher of duty. "
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Lasting
Duty
Fear
" Before beginning, plan carefully. "
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Carefully
Beginning
Before
" You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself. "
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Will
Much
Value
" Freedom is a possession of inestimable value. "
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Inestimable
Freedom
Possession
" Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty. "
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Form
Love
Beauty
" Brevity is a great charm of eloquence. "
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Great
Eloquence
Charm
" Nature abhors annihilation. "
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Nature
Abhors
Annihilation
" Ability without honor is useless. "
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Useless
Without
Honor
" A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others. "
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Troubles
Others
Quickly
" Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase our provisions for the road the nearer we approach to our journey's end. "
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Age
End
" For a tear is quickly dried, especially when shed for the misfortunes of others. "
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Misfortunes
Quickly