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01c. 75 BC

Religion is not removed by removing superstition.

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02c. 75 BC

There is in superstition a senseless fear of God.

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03c. 75 BC

The authority of those who profess to teach is often a positive hindrance to those who desire to learn.

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04c. 75 BC

Oh what times! Oh what standards!

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05c. 75 BC

Any man may make a mistake none but a fool will stick to it. Second thoughts are best as the proverb says.

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06c. 75 BC

O temporal O mores! O what times! what morals!

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07c. 75 BC

Honor is the reward of virtue.

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08c. 75 BC

For it is commonly said: accomplished labours are pleasant.

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09c. 75 BC

Socrates indeed when he was asked of what country he called himself said "Of the world" for he considered himself an inhabitant and a citizen of the whole world.

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10c. 75 BC

Nothing common can seem worthy of you.

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11c. 75 BC

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body but can never be so in mind.

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