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• The magistrates are the ministers for the laws, the judges their interpreters, the rest of us are servants of the law, that…
• The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others.
• The study and knowledge of the universe would somehow be lame and defective were no practical results to follow.
• Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
• O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!
• Old age: the crown of life, our play's last act.
• A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
• Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.
• Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
• Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.
• So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
• The greater the difficulty, the greater the glory.

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