Great is the power of habit. It teaches us to bear fatigue and to despise wounds and pain.

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To know the laws is not to memorize their letter but to grasp their full force and meaning.

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It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.

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It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom you already owe much.

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It is the peculiar quality of a fool to perceive the faults of others and to forget his own.

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We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members.

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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.

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In a republic this rule ought to be observed: that the majority should not have the predominant power.

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When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to reach the second or even the third rank.

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Freedom is a man's natural power of doing what he pleases, so far as he is not prevented by force or law.

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