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Whatever fortune has raised to a height, she has raised only to cast it down.
We are wrong in looking forward to death: in great measure it's past already.
The chief bond of the soldier is his oath of allegiance and love for the flag.
Look at the stars lighting up the sky: no one of them stays in the same place.
The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns.
So called pleasures, when they go beyond a certain limit, are but punishments.
When you die, it will not be because you are sick, but because you were alive.
What a vile and abject thing is man if he do not raise himself above humanity.
Virtue needs a director and guide. Vice can be learned even without a teacher.
Let us say what we feel, and feel what we say; let speech harmonize with life.
He robs present ills of their power who has perceived their coming beforehand.
Something that can never be learnt too thoroughly can never be said too often.
It's the admirer and the watcher who provoke us to all the inanities we commit.
A favor is to a grateful man delightful always; to an ungrateful man only once.
Some laws, though unwritten, are more firmly established than all written laws.
Some lack the fickleness to live as they wish and just live as they have begun.
Life is a gift of the immortal Gods, but living well is the gift of philosophy.
You cease to be afraid when you cease to hope; for hope is accompanied by fear.
The evil which assails us is not in the localities we inhabit but in ourselves.
What need is there to weep over parts of life? The whole of it calls for tears.
Long is the road to learning by precepts, but short and successful by examples.
Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune; all these are names of the one and selfsame God.
There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.
God has given some gifts to the whole human race, from which no one is excluded.
This is the reason we cannot complain of life: it keeps no one against his will.
Be not dazzled by beauty, but look for those inward qualities which are lasting.
We become wiser by adversity; prosperity destroys our appreciation of the right.
To the person who does not know where he wants to go there is no favorable wind.
Corporeal punishment falls far more heavily than most weighty pecuniary penalty.
If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.
It is bad to live for necessity; but there is no necessity to live in necessity.
Philosophy is good advice, and no one gives good advice at the top of his lungs.
The comfort of having a friend may be taken away, but not that of having had one.
Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening.
Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity.
If you sit in judgment, investigate, if you sit in supreme power, sit in command.
They lose the day in expectation of the night, and the night in fear of the dawn.
No man enjoys the true taste of life, but he who is ready and willing to quit it.
The wise man will always reflect concerning the quality not the quantity of life.
Anger is like a ruin, which, in falling upon its victim, breaks itself to pieces.
To the believers it is true. To the wise it is false. To the leaders it is useful.
The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.
How much longer are you going to be a pupil? From now on do some teaching as well.
Beauty is such a fleeting blossom, how can wisdom rely upon its momentary delight?
The key to getting everything you want is to never put all your begs in one ask-it!
That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.
It is true greatness to have in one the frailty of a man and the security of a god.
Nothing is as certain as that the vices of leisure are gotten rid of by being busy.
Be silent as to services you have rendered, but speak of favours you have received.
It is not poverty that we praise, it is the man whom poverty cannot humble or bend.