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An unjust peace is better than a just war.

Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.

The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.

A home without books is a body without soul.

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

A friend is, as it were, a second self.

While there's life, there's hope.

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

There is no one who can give you wiser advice than you can give yourself: you will never make a slip, if you listen to your own heart.

Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.

When the act of reflection takes place in the mind, when we look at ourselves in the light of thought, we discover that our life is embosomed in beauty.

A man of courage is also full of faith.

An absolute can only be given in an intuition, while all the rest has to do with analysis.

The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.

Man is the measure of all things.

There is no good in arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

We feel and know that we are eternal.

I am not too accusatorial or defensive by nature. I have always been kind of philosophical about it, remembering that it is just a game. People take these things too seriously.

We come to recognize that playfulness, as a philosophical stance, can be very serious indeed; and moreover, that it possesses an unfailing capacity to arouse ridicule and hostility in those among us who crave certainty, reverence, and restraint.