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Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.
Little by little old age renders the body less powerful.
There is no fortune so strong that money cannot take it.
Let flattery, the handmaid of the vices, be far removed .
Longing not so much to change things as to overturn them.
From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world.
I prefer the most unfair peace to the most righteous war.
People do not understand what a great revenue economy is.
Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.
Yield, ye arms, to the toga; to civic praise, ye laurels.
To add a library to a house is to give that house a soul.
The thirst of desire is never filled, nor fully satisfied.
If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.
Those who do not know history will forever remain children
If wisdom be attainable, let us not only win but enjoy it.
No wise man ever thought that a traitor should be trusted.
In the master there is a servant, in the servant a master.
He he he... Crazy? Cicero? He he he he! That's... madness.
I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet.
The gods attend to great matters, they neglect small ones.
Though laughter is allowable, a horse-laugh is abominable.
To remain ignorant of history is to remain forever a child
A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
O tempora! O mores! O what times (are these)! what morals!
The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.
The life of the dead is placed in the memory of the living.
Let every man practise the trade which he best understands.
The higher our position the more modestly we should behave.
Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.
The roots of knowledge are bitter, but its fruit are sweet.
The office of liberality consisteth in giving with judgment.
Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.
It is difficult to remember all, and ungracious to omit any.
Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
A tear dries quickly when it is shed for troubles of others.
Cultivation to the mind is as necessary as food to the body.
How much in love with himself, and that too without a rival!
When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity.
The eyes like sentinel occupy the highest place in the body.
The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong.
The aim of forensic oratory is to teach, to delight, to move.
History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time.
The dutifulness of children is the foundation of all virtues.
Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like.
Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.
Never can custom conquer nature, for she is ever unconquered.
Nothing is too absurd to be said by some of the philosophers.