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Marcus Tullius Cicero: A careful physician...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: A careful physician...

A careful physician . . ., before he attempts to administer a remedy to his patient, must investigate not only the...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Glory follows virtue...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Glory follows virtue...

Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: To be ignorant...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: To be ignorant...

To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child. For what is man's lifetime unless the...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: There is no...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: There is no...

There is no place more delightful than one's own fireplace.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Great is the...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Great is the...

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

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: All pain is...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: All pain is...

All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: The pursuit, even...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: The pursuit, even...

The pursuit, even of the best things, ought to be calm and tranquil.

Source: In...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: The foolishness of...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: The foolishness of...

The foolishness of old age does not characterize all who are old, but only the foolish.

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: In everything, satiety...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: In everything, satiety...

In everything, satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures.

Source: In The...

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Thomas Carlyle: The battle that...

Thomas Carlyle: The battle that...

The battle that never ends is the battle of belief against unbelief.

Source: In The...

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Thomas Carlyle: True humor springs...

Thomas Carlyle: True humor springs...

True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not...

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Thomas Carlyle: The three great...

Thomas Carlyle: The three great...

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant...

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Henry David Thoreau: Humility like darkness...

Henry David Thoreau: Humility like darkness...

Humility like darkness reveals the heavenly lights.

Source: Walden, 1854.
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Henry David Thoreau: Tis healthy to...

Henry David Thoreau: Tis healthy to...

Tis healthy to be sick sometimes.

Source: In Macmillan Dictionary of Quotations, by...

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Thomas Carlyle: Love is not...

Thomas Carlyle: Love is not...

Love is not altogether a delirium, yet it has many points in common therewith.

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Thomas Carlyle: Painful for a...

Thomas Carlyle: Painful for a...

Painful for a person is rebellious independence, only in loving companionship with his associates does a person feel...

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Thomas Carlyle: Quackery gives birth...

Thomas Carlyle: Quackery gives birth...

Quackery gives birth to nothing; gives death to all things.

Source: Heroes and...

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Thomas Carlyle: The eternal stars...

Thomas Carlyle: The eternal stars...

The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark enough.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Thomas Carlyle: Self-contemplation is infallibly...

Thomas Carlyle: Self-contemplation is infallibly...

Self-contemplation is infallibly the symptom of disease.

Source:...

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E M Forster: At night, when...

E M Forster: At night, when...

At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective...

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