All wish to possess knowledge, but few, comparatively speaking, are willing to pay the price.

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This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.

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Think it the greatest impiety to prefer life to disgrace, and for the sake of life to lose the reason for living.

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Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to lose what makes life worth having.

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A child is owed the greatest respect; if you have ever have something disgraceful in mind, don't ignore your son's tender years.

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Refrain from doing ill; for one all powerful reason, lest our children should copy our misdeeds; we are all too prone to imitate whatever is base and depraved.

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The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses!

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