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• Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing…
• It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.
• It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.
• Good birth is a fine thing, but the merit is our ancestors.
• But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that…
• Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered,…
• When Demosthenes was asked what were the three most important aspects of oratory, he answered, 'Action, Action, Action.'
• If you declare that you are naturally designed for such a diet, then first kill for yourself what you want to eat.…

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