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- Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns, for in ceasing to be numbered…
- Not by lamentations and mournful chants ought we to celebrate the funeral of a good man, but by hymns; for, ion ceasing to be numbered…
- The man who first brought ruin upon the Roman people was he who pampered them by largesses and amusements.
- It is no great wonder if in long process of time, while fortune takes her course hither and thither, numerous coincidences should spontaneously occur. If…
- Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and leads them to look down upon the world…
- A traveller at Sparta, standing long upon one leg, said to a Lacedaemonian, "I do not believe you can do as much." "True," said he,…
- There are two sentences inscribed upon the Ancient oracle... "Know thyself" and "Nothing too much"; and upon these all other precepts depend.
- Oh, what a world full of pain we create, for a little taste upon the tongue.
- ... being perpetually charmed by his familiar siren, that is, by his geometry, he neglected to eat and drink and took no care of his…
- If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind that it will break out upon those who are your friends,…
- As to Caesar, when he was called upon, he gave no testimony against Clodius, nor did he affirm that he was certain of any injury…
- Prosperity has this property; it puffs up narrow souls, makes them imagine themselves high and mighty, and leads them to look down upon the world…
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