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It is wise to be silent when occasion requires, and better than to speak, though never so well.
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It is circumstance and proper measure that give an action its character, and make it either good or bad.
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But for the sake of some little mouthful of flesh we deprive a soul of the sun and light, and of that…
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Antisthenes says that in a certain faraway land the cold is so intense that words freeze as soon as they are uttered,…
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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…
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For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
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This excerpt is presented as reproduced by Copernicus in the preface to De Revolutionibus: "Some think that the earth remains at rest.…
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When another is asked a question, take special care not to interrupt to answer it yourself.
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