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Exercise and temperance can preserve something of our early strength even in old age.

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For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.

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For to me every sort of peace with the citizens seemed to be of more service than civil war.

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To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business.

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Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it.

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Before beginning, prepare carefully.

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Can there be greater foolishness than the respect you pay to people collectively when you despise them individually?

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Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.

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In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.

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Virtue is its own reward.

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Virtue is increased by the smile of approval; and the love of renown is the greatest incentive to honourable acts.

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Tomorrow will give us something to think about

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The more peculiarly his own a man's character is, the better it fits him.

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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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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.

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I look upon the pleasure we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life.

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Slowly and imperceptibly old age comes creeping on.

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Too much liberty leads both men and nations to slavery.

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If nature does not ratify law, then all the virtues may lose their sway.

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We don't believe a liar even when he tells the truth.

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