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The spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.
The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.
There is a difference between justice and consideration in one's relations to one's fellow men. It is the function of justice not to do wrong to one's fellow men of considerateness, not to wound their feelings.
Not to have knowledge of what happened before you were born is to be condemned to live as a child.
Should this my firm persuasion of the soul's immortality prove to be a mere delusion, it is at least a pleasing delusion, and I will cherish it to my last breath.
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.
History is truely the witness of times past, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity.
Never can custom conquer nature, for she is ever unconquered.
I know not any season of life that is past more agreeably than virtuous old age.
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.
The beginnings of all things are small.
An intemperate, disorderly youth will bring to old age, a feeble and worn-out body.
Rashness attends youth, as prudence does old age.
There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.
No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.
Let us drink for the replenishment of our strength, not for our sorrow
Study carefully, the character of the one you recommend, lest their misconduct bring you shame.
Courage is virtue which champions the cause of right.
After victory, you have more enemies.
There is no fortune so strong that money cannot take it.
We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.
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