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 (Solon) being asked, namely, what city was best to live in, "That city," he replied, "in which those who are not wronged, no less than those who are wronged, exert themselves to punish the wrongdoers |
| A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues. |
| A Roman divorced from his wife, being highly blamed by his friends, who demanded, ''Was she not chaste? Was she not fair? Was she not fruitful?'' holding out his shoe, asked them whether it was not new and well made. ''Yet,'' added he, ''none of you can tell where it pinches me. |
| A sage thing is timely silence, and better than any speech |
| Abstain from beans. |
| All men whilst they are awake are in one common world: but each of them, when he is asleep, is in a world of his own. |
| Also the two-edged tongue of mighty Zeno, who, Say what one would, could argue it untrue |
| An imbalance between rich and poor is the oldest and most fatal ailment of all republics. |
| Another such victory over the Romans and we are undone. |
| As Caesar was at supper the discourse was of death - which sort was the best, "That," said he, "which is unexpected |
| Character is long-standing habit. |
| Character is simply habit long continued. |
| Courage consists not in hazarding without fear; but being resolutely minded in a just cause. |
| Courage stands halfway between cowardice and rashness, one of which is a lack, the other an excess of courage. |
| Demosthenes overcame and rendered more distinct his inarticulate and stammering pronunciation by speaking with pebbles in his mouth |
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