It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
Subject:
Grief   
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In a disordered mind, as in a disordered body, soundness of health is impossible.
Subject:
Health   
Mind   
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It is a great thing to know our vices.
Subject:
Vices   
Work:
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The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
Subject:
Wisdom   
Humility   
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Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
Subject:
Life   
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What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.
Subject:
Happiness   
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Of all nature's gifts to the human race, what is sweeter to a man than his children?
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Children   
Mankind   
Human Nature   
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Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense.
Subject:
Justice   
Judgment   
Punishment   
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To live is to think.
Subject:
Life   
Thinking   
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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
Subject:
Mind   
Virtue   
Moderation   
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Neither can embellishments of language be found without arrangement and expression of thoughts, nor can thoughts be made to shine without the light of language.
Subject:
Language   
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Never injure a friend, even in jest.
Subject:
Friendship   
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Liberty consists in the power of doing that which is permitted by the law.
Subject:
Freedom   
Laws   
Power   
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A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.
Subject:
Wisdom   
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Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator.
Subject:
Peace   
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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
Subject:
Argument & Debate   
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The wise are instructed by reason; ordinary minds by experience; the stupid, by necessity; and brutes by instinct.
Subject:
Wisdom   
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The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
Subject:
Laws   
Nation   
Human Nature   
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In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
Subject:
Truth   
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In so far as the mind is stronger than the body, so are the ills contracted by the mind more severe than those contracted by the body.
Subject:
Wisdom   
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