"Not to know what happened before one was born is always to be a child."
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"Opinionum enim commenta delet dies; naturæ judicia confirmat. Time destroys the groundless conceits of men; it confirms decisions founded on reality."
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"The mind becomes accustomed to things by the habitual sight of them, and neither wonders nor inquires about the reasons for things it sees all the time."
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"What is thine is mine, and all mine is thine."
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"Let us not go over the old ground but rather prepare for what is to come."
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"It is our duty, my young friends, to resist old age."
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"There is no thing which God cannot accomplish."
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"What the object of senile avarice may be I cannot conceive. For can there be anything more absurd than to seek more journey money, the less there remains of the journey?"
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"Saving the virtues includes all other advantages"
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"Nothing is too absurd to be said by some of the philosophers."
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"The precept, "Know yourself," was not solely intended to obviate the pride of mankind; but likewise that we might understand our own worth."
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"There is no one so old as to not think they may live a day longer."
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"A dissolute and intemperate youth hands down the body to old age in a worn-out state."
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"Let the force of arms give place to law and justice."
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"Economy is a great revenue. [Lat., Magnum vectigal est parsimonia.]"
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"To wonder at nothing when it happens, to consider nothing impossible before it has come to pass."
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"Ignorance of impending evil is far better than a knowledge of its approach."
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"How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory."
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"Do nothing twice over."
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"Certain signs are the forerunners of certain events."
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