Know how to listen, and you will profit even from those who talk badly.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled.
What we achieve inwardly will change outer reality.
I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.
Barba non facit philosophum
The abuse of buying and selling votes crept in and money began to play an important part in determining elections. Later on, this process of corruption spread to the law courts. And then to the army, and finally the Republic was subjected to the rule of emperors
An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics.
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
To fail to do good is as bad as doing harm.
Learn to be pleased with everything...because it could always be worse, but isn't!
Of all the disorders in the soul, envy is the only one no one confesses to.
Time is the wisest of all counselors.
The worship most acceptable to God comes from a thankful and cheerful heart.
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues.
To please the many is to displease the wise.
The whole of life is but a moment of time. It is our duty, therefore to use it, not to misuse it.
Choose what is best, and habit will make it pleasant and easy.
The real destroyer of the liberties of the people is he who spreads among them bounties, donations and benefits.
The drop hollows out the stone not by strength, but by constant falling.
To find fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
Instead of using medicine, better fast today.
To conduct great matters and never commit a fault is above the force of human nature.
To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
Do not speak of your happiness to one less fortunate than yourself.
For the mind does not require filling like a bottle, but rather, like wood, it only requires kindling to create in it an impulse to think independently and an ardent desire for the truth.
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