What nobler employment, or more valuable to the state, than that of the man who instructs the rising generation?
Cicero
O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!
man
Take from a man his reputation for probity, and the more shrewd and clever he is, the more hated and mistrusted he becomes.
reputation man
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.
glory man
What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?
gifts man
If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.
places man
While there are two ways of contending, one by discussion, the other by force, the former belonging properly to man, the latter to beasts, recourse must be had to the latter if there be no opportunity for employing the former.
opportunity force man
For of all gainful professions, nothing is better, nothing more pleasing, nothing more delightful, nothing better becomes a well-bred man than agriculture.
The young man should be praised, honored, and made immortal.
The spirit is the true self. The spirit, the will to win, and the will to excel are the things that endure.
self
A friend is, as it were, a second self.
Peace is liberty in tranquillity.
liberty peace
Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty.
friendship beauty
Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.
philosophy life wisdom
Nothing is more unreliable than the populace, nothing more obscure than human intentions, nothing more deceptive than the whole electoral system.
system
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