A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself.
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
A thankful heart is not only the greatest virtue, but the parent of all the other virtues.
Almost no one dances sober, unless he is insane.
Endless money forms the sinews of war.
Extreme justice is extreme injustice.
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
I have always been of the opinion that unpopularity earned by doing what is right is not unpopularity at all, but glory.
If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.
If we are forced, at every hour, to watch or listen to horrible events, this constant stream of ghastly impressions will deprive even the most delicate among us of all respect for humanity.
If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
In the very books in which philosophers bid us scorn fame, they inscribe their names.
Laws are silent in time of war.
No one can give you better advice than yourself.
No one is so old as to think he cannot live one more year.
Not to know what happened before you were born is to be a child forever. For what is the time of a man, except it be interwoven with that memory of ancient things of a superior age?
Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.
Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
Nothing quite new is perfect.
Silence is one of the great arts of conversation.
Sometimes I do what I want to. The rest of the time- I do what I have to.
The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
The more virtuous a man is himself, the less does he suspect baseness in others.
The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.
There is no fortress so strong that money cannot take it.
There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not said it.
There is said to be hope for a sick man, as long as there is life.
Times are bad. Children no longer obey their parents, and everyone is writing a book.
To be ignorant of the past is to remain a child.
To each his own.
To live long, live slowly.
Too much liberty leads both men and nations to slavery.
We are in bondage to the law in order that we may be free.
When your argument has little or no substance, abuse your opponent.
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