"The recovery of freedom is so splendid a thing that we must not shun even death when seeking to recover it."
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"Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity."
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"It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness."
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"The Intellect engages us in the pursuit of Truth. The Passions impel us to Action."
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"Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature."
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"Trust no one unless you have eaten much salt with him."
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"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue but the parent of all the other virtues."
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"The world has not yet learned the riches of frugality."
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"All literature, all philosophical treatises, all the voices of antiquity are full of examples for imitation, which would all lie unseen in darkness without the light of literature."
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"Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent."
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"A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues. [Lat., Gratus animus est una virtus non solum maxima, sed etiam mater virtutum onmium reliquarum.]"
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"In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible."
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"He he he... Crazy? Cicero? He he he he! That's... madness."
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"A sensual and intemperate youth hands over a worn-out body to old age. [Lat., Libidinosa etenim et intemperans adolescentiam effoetum corpus tradit senectuti.]"
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"To the sick, while there is life there is hope. [Lat., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]"
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"Let war yield to peace, laurels to paeans."
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"Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature."
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"Let each man have according to his deserts."
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"What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?"
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"Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace."
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