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Laber ~ Lucilius Quotations

The first point of wisdom is to discern that which is false; the second, to know that which is true.

Lucius C. Lactantius 260-340, Latin Author, Apologist

Events of great consequence often spring from trifling circumstances.

Titus Livy BC 59-17 AD, Roman Historian

In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.

Titus Livy BC 59-17 AD, Roman Historian

The losses as well as the prizes must be drawn from the cheating lottery of life.

Le Sage

To know is not to know, unless someone else has known that I know.

Gaius Lucilius

Envy like fire always makes for the highest points.

Titus Livius

No crime can ever be defended on rational grounds.

Titus Livius

It is easy at any moment to surrender a large fortune; to build one up is a difficult and an arduous task.

Titus Livius

He who has not forgiven an enemy has never yet tasted one of the most sublime enjoyments of life.

Lauter

After spending some money in his sleep, Hermon the Miser who so infuriated that he hanged himself.

Gaius Lucilius

Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.

Titus Livius

The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face.

Lin-Chi

If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the ocean of delusion.

Lin-Chi

In great straits and when hope is small, the boldest counsels are the safest.

Titus Livius

Men are only clever at shifting blame from their own shoulders to those of others.

Titus Livius

Fortune blinds men when she does not wish them to withstand the violence of her onslaughts.

Titus Livius

The real being, with no status, is always going in and out through the doors of your face.

Linji Yixuan

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Men are slower to recognize blessings than misfortunes.

Titus Livius

Greater is our terror of the unknown.

Titus Livius

The miracle is not to walk on water. The miracle is to walk on earth.

Línjì Yìxuán

War is just to those to whom war is necessary.

Titus Livius

It may be said that his wit shines at the expense of his memory.

Alain-Rene Lesage

Pride and conceit were the original sins of man.

Alain-Rene Lesage

Doubt is not below knowledge, but above it.

Alain-Rene Lesage

Evil tongues never want a whet.

Alain-Rene Lesage

I love making friends.... it's people I can't stand.

Linus

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Where fear is present, wisdom cannot be.

Lucius C. Lactantius

Not many men have both good fortune and good sense.

Titus Livy

We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.

Titus Livy

No wickedness proceeds on any grounds of reason.

Titus Livy

Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Titus Livy

To accept a favor is to forfeit liberty.

Laber
In every veil you see, the Divine Beauty is concealed, making every heart a slave to him. In love to him the heart finds its life; in desire for him the soul finds its happiness. The heart which loves a fair one here, though it knows it not, is really his lover.
I approach these questions unwillingly, as they are sore subjects, but no cure can be effected without touching upon and handling them.
Would you like to be a brilliant conversationalist? Just give your natural enthusiasm free reign and say whatever comes into your head. Your rashness will be taken for extraordinary courage.
If you love the sacred and despise the ordinary, you are still bobbing in the sea of delusion.
After spending some money in his sleep, Hermon the Miser who so infuriated that he hanged himself.

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