Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
From Marcus Tullius Cicero
Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.
A home without books is a body without soul.
The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.
Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.
More law, less justice.
To be ignorant of what occurred before you were born is to remain always a child.
Friendship improves happiness and abates misery, by the doubling of our joy and the dividing of our grief.
What sweetness is left in life, if you take away friendship? Robbing life of friendship is like robbing the world of the sun. A true friend is more to be esteemed than kinsfolk.
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