"Old age by nature is rather talkative."
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"Nature ordains that a man should wish the good of every man, whoever he may be, for this very reason that he is a man."
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"There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly."
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"There is no opinion so stupid that it can't be expressed by some philosopher."
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"He is rich who wishes no more than he has."
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"Let the punishment match the offense."
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"Lucius Cassius ille quem populus Romanus verissimum et sapientissimum iudicem putabat identidem in causis quaerere solebat 'cui bono' fuisset. The famous Lucius Cassius, whom the Roman people used to regard as a very honest and wise judge, was in the habit of asking, time and again, 'To whose benefit?"
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"If you wish to remove avarice you must remove its mother, luxuries. [Lat., Avaritiam si tollere vultis, mater ejus est tollenda, luxuries.]"
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"To be ignorant of the past is to be forever a child."
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"Every man's friend is no man's friend."
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"Nothing troubles you for which you do not yearn."
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"Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception."
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"No deceit is so veiled as that which lies concealed behind the semblance of courtesy."
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"Any man can make a mistake; only a fool keeps making the same one."
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"Loyalty is what we seek in friendship."
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"We are not born for ourselves alone."
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"All I can do is to urge on you to regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world; for there is nothing which so fits in with our nature, or is so exactly what we want in prosperity or adversity."
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"For what people have always sought is equality before the law. For rights that were not open to all alike would be no rights."
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"There is no place more delightful than one's own fireside. Nullus est locus domestica sede jucundior."
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"For one day spent well, and agreeably to your precepts, is preferable to an eternity of error."
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