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In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.

In friendship we find nothing false or insincere; everything is straight forward, and springs from the heart.

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Friendship, Spring, Heart

If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability.

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Inspirational, Regret, Men

It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.

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Grief, Happens, Knows

An ancient custom obtains force of nature.

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Ancient, Force, Forces Of Nature
"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, De Inventione, p. 154-55, 1922.

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

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Pain, Power, Bears
"Dictionary Of Latin Quotations Proverbs Maximus And Mottos, Classical And Medieval, Including Law Terms And Phrases". Book by H. Z Riley, November 5, 2015.

Philosophy is true mother of the arts [of science].

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Mother, Art, Philosophy

Prudence in action avails more than wisdom in conception.

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Action, Prudence, Conception

An old man with something of the youth in him, may feel young in mind and heart only.

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Heart, Men, Mind

A youth of sensuality and intemperance delivers over to old age a worn-out body.

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Age, Body, Youth

He who acknowledges a kindness has it still, and he who has a grateful sense of it has requited it.

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Kindness, Grateful, Acknowledge

We must not say that every mistake is a foolish one.

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Success, Motivation, Mistake
"De Divinatione (On Divination)". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Book II, Chapter LII, Section 90), 44 BC.

Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra? In heaven's name,Catiline, how long will you abuse ourpatience?

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Patience, Names, Long

In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men.

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Inspirational, Motivational, Health
"Pro Ligario". Oration by Marcus Tullius Cicero (Section XII), 46 BC.

Hours and days and months and years go by; the past returns no more, and what is to be we cannot know; but whatever the time gives us in which we live, we should therefore be content.

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Past, Years, Giving

Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned.

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Prudence
"De Officiis". Treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero, I. 43, as quoted in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 645-47, 44 B.C..

All soils are not fertile.

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Soil, Fertile

To those who are engaged in commercial dealings, justice is indispensable for the conduct of business.

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Business, Justice, Age
Marcus Tullius Cicero (2014). “Delphi Complete Works of Cicero (Illustrated)”, p.3124, Delphi Classics

I look upon the pleasure which we take in a garden as one of the most innocent delights in human life. . . It gives us a great insight into the contrivance and wisdom of Nature, and suggests innumerable subjects for meditation.

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Garden, Giving, Meditation

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

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Law, Damage, Injury

I am of the opinion which you have always held, that "viva voce" voting at elections is the best method. [Lat., Nam ego in ista sum sententia, qua te fuisse semper scio, nihil ut feurit in suffragiis voce melius.]

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Voting, Ego, Viva
"On the Laws". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero, III. 15, c. 43 B.C..

Hunger is the best sauce.

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Food, Sauce, Hunger

For there is but one essential justice which cements society, and one law which establishes this justice. This law is right reason, which is the true rule of all commandments and prohibitions. Whoever neglects this law, whether written or unwritten, is necessarily unjust and wicked.

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Law, Justice, Wicked
Marcus Tullius Cicero, Charles Duke Yonge (1853). “The Treatises of M.T. Cicero: On the Nature of the Gods; On Divination; On Fate; On the Republic; On the Laws; and On Standing for the Consulship”, p.417, London : H.G. Bohn

An army abroad is of little use unless there are prudent counsels at home. [Lat., Parvi enim sunt foris arma, nisi est consilium domi.]

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War, Home, Army

True glory strikes root, and even extends itself; all false pretensions fall as do flowers, nor can any feigned thing be lasting.

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Flower, Fall, Roots
"De Officiis". Treatise by Marcus Tullius Cicero, Book II, section 43, 44 B.C..

The habit of arguing in support of atheism, whether it be done from conviction or in pretense, is a wicked and impious practice.

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Atheist, Practice, Support
"On the Nature of the Gods". Book by Marcus Tullius Cicero, 45 BC.

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