In men of the highest character and noblest genius there is to be found an insatiable desire for honour, command, power, and glory.
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Character   
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Nothing is so strongly fortified that it cannot be taken by money.
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Money   
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We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist among all members of the human race.
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Community   
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Memory is the treasury and guardian of all things.
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Memory   
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The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong.
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Laws   
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There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.
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Kindness   
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Like associates with like.
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Wisdom   
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Let the punishment match the offense.
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Justice   
Work: De Legibus
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The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.
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Ambition   
Effort   
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If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.
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Ambition   
Work: Orator
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Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form reveals is not yourself; the spirit is the true self, not that physical figure which can be pointed out by your finger.
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Motivational   
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We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.
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Praise   
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As the old proverb says "Like readily consorts with like."
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Proverb   
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No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.
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Knowledge   
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Reason should direct and appetite obey.
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Food   
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Before beginning, plan carefully.
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Plan   
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Law stands mute in the midst of arms.
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Laws   
Work: Pro Milone
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Strain every nerve to gain your point.
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Conversation   
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We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.
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Religion   
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If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.
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Motivational   
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