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Authority founded on injustice is never of long duration.
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To govern was to serve, not to rule.
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That grief is light which can take counsel.
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Tota vita nihil aliud quam ad mortem iter est. The whole of life is nothing but a journey to death.
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A consciousness of wrongdoing is the first step to salvation...you have to catch yourself doing it before you can correct it.
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Servitude seizes on few, but many seize on her.
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To lose a friend is the greatest of all evils, but endeavour rather to rejoice that you possessed him than to mourn his loss.
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If you are surprised at the number of our maladies, count our cooks.
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That loss is most discreditable which is caused by negligence.
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The greatest hindrance to living is expectancy, which depends upon tomorrow and wastes today
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Nothing is ours except time.
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It's not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it.
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Elegance is not an ornament worthy of man.
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Real improvement is of slow growth only.
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Freedom can't be bought for nothing. If you hold her precious, you must hold all else of little worth.
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Levity of behavior is the bane of all that is good and virtuous.
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As long as you live, learn how to live.
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If you will fear nothing, think that all things are to be feared.
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Fine conduct is always spontaneous.
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Light is that grief which counsel can allay.
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When you see a man in distress, recognize him as a fellow man.
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Accustom yourself to that which you bear ill, and you will bear it well.
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Whoever has nothing to hope, let him despair of nothing.
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The worst evil of all is to leave the ranks of the living before one dies.
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