"Not in opinion but in nature is law founded."
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"Friendship embraces innumerable ends; turn where you will it is ever at your side; no barrier shuts it out; it is never untimely and never in the way."
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"That which is not forbidden, is not on that account permitted."
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"In nothing do humans approach so nearly to the gods as doing good to others."
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"The beginnings of all things are small."
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"A man has no enemy worse than himself."
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"When war is raging the laws are dumb."
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"There is no quality I would rather have, and be thought to have, than gratitude. For it is not only the greatest virtue, but is the mother of all the rest."
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"Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, 'for friendship's sake,' is a discreditable one, and should not be admitted for a moment. We should ask from friends and do for friends only what is good."
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"There is in fact a true law namely right reason, which is in accordance with nature, applies to all men and is unchangeable and eternal. ... It will not lay down one rule at Rome and another at Athens, nor will it be one rule today and another tomorrow. But there will be one law eternal and unchangeable binding all times and upon all peoples."
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"The first bond of society is the marriage tie; the next our children; then the whole family of our house, and all things in common."
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"There is no life without friendship"
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"Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on."
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"The existence of virtue depends entirely upon its use."
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"When they remain silent, they cry out."
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"That man is guilty of impertinence who considers not the circumstances of time, or engrosses the conversation, or makes himself the subject of his discourse, or pays no regard to the company he is in."
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"No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject."
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"Law is the highest reason implanted in Nature, which commands what ought to be done and forbids the opposite."
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"Nature has circumscribed the field of life within small dimensions, but has left the field of glory unmeasured."
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"The name of peace is sweet, the thing itself is most salutary."
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