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- The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
- Any man can make mistakes, but only an idiot persists in his error.
- Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
- According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.
- Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
- Any man is liable to err, only a fool persists in error.
- It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
- He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason.
- Death is not natural for a state as it is for a human being, for whom death is not only necessary, but frequently even desirable.
- The greatest pleasures are only narrowly separated from disgust.
- We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life; for it is only…
- Friendship is the only point in human affairs concerning the benefit of which all, with one voice, agree.
- Not only is there an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it.
- Lay down this rule of friendship: neither ask nor consent to do what is wrong. The plea, 'for friendship's sake,' is a discreditable one, and…
- It is not only arrogant, but it is profligate, for a man to disregard the world's opinion of himself.
- The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.
- Friendship is the only thing in the world concerning the usefulness of which all mankind are agreed.
- Since an intelligence common to us all makes things known to us and formulates them in our minds, honorable actions are ascribed by us to…
- Enjoy the blessing of strength while you have it and do not bewail it when it is gone, unless, forsooth, you believe that youth must…
- This excessive licence, which the anarchists think is the only true freedom, provides the stock, as it were, from which a tyrant grows.
- The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom…
- What is so beneficial to the people as liberty, which we see not only to be greedily sought after by men, but also by beasts,…
- The wise man knows nothing if he cannot benefit from his wisdom. Wisdom is not only to be acquired, but also to be utilized.
- There is no quality I would rather have, and be thought to have, than gratitude. For it is not only the greatest virtue, but is…
- If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability.
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