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Zeno first started that doctr...

Zeno first started that doctrine, that knavery is the best defence against a knave.

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If we traverse the world, it ...

If we traverse the world, it is possible to find cities without walls, without letters, without kings, without wealth, without coin, without schools and theatres; but a city without a temple, or that practiseth not worship, prayer, and the like, no one ever saw.

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Time which diminishes all thi...

Time which diminishes all things increases understanding for the aging.

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Plato used to say to Xenocrat...

Plato used to say to Xenocrates the philosopher, who was rough and morose, "Good Xenocrates, sacrifice to the Graces.

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The obligations of law and eq...

The obligations of law and equity reach only to mankind; but kindness and beneficence should be extended to the creatures of every species, and these will flow from the breast of a true man, as streams that issue from the living fountain.

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As Meander says, "For our min...

As Meander says, "For our mind is God;" and as Heraclitus, "Man's genius is a deity."

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The soul of man... is a porti...

The soul of man... is a portion or a copy of the soul of the Universe and is joined together on principles and in proportions corresponding to those which govern the Universe.

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Agesilaus being invited once ...

Agesilaus being invited once to hear a man who admirably imitated the nightingale, he declined, saying he had heard the nightingale itself.

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To do an evil action is base;...

To do an evil action is base; to do a good action without incurring danger is common enough; but it is the part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks every thing.

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Those are greedy of praise pr...

Those are greedy of praise prove that they are poor in merit.

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Philosophy is an act of livin...

Philosophy is an act of living.

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I had rather men should ask w...

I had rather men should ask why my statue is not set up, than why it is.

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Prosperity has this property,...

Prosperity has this property, it puffs up narrow Souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and look down upon the World with Contempt; but a truly noble and resolved Spirit appears greatest in Distress, and then becomes more bright and conspicuous.

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If you declare that you are n...

If you declare that you are naturally designed for such a diet, then first kill for yourself what you want to eat. Do it, however, only through your own resources, unaided by cleaver or cudgel or any kind of ax

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But for the sake of some litt...

But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that proportion of life and time it had been born into the world to enjoy.

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Immoderate grief is selfish, ...

Immoderate grief is selfish, harmful, brings no advantage to either the mourner or the mourned, and dishonors the dead.

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Grief is like a physical pain...

Grief is like a physical pain which must be allowed to subside somewhat on its own before medical treatment is applied.

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Men who marry wives very much...

Men who marry wives very much superior to themselves are not so truly husbands to their wives as they are unawares made slaves to their position.

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He (Cato) never gave his opin...

He (Cato) never gave his opinion in the Senate upon any other point whatever, without adding these words, "And, in my opinion Carthage should be destroyed." ["Delenda est Carthago."]

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It is wise to be silent when ...

It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.

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