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Everyone has the obligation to ponder well his own specific traits of character. He must also regulate them adequately and not wonder whether someone else's traits might suit him better. The more definitely his own a man's character is, the better it fits him. -
For as lack of adornment is said to become some women, so this subtle oration, though without embellishment, gives delight. -
Force overcome by force. -
Freedom is a possession of inestimable value. -
Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.Endless money forms the sinews of war. -
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others. Благодарность это не только величайшая из добродетелей, но и родитель всего остального.
He is never less at leisure than when at leisure. -
He only employs his passion who can make no use of his reason. -
He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect. -
History is the witness that testifies to the passing of time; it illumines reality, vitalizes memory, provides guidance in daily life and brings us tidings of antiquity. -
I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature. Я пойду дальше и буду утверждать, что природа без культуры часто может сделать больше, чтобы заслужить похвалу, чем культура без природы.
If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.