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Rightly defined philosophy is simply the love of wisdom.
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Knowledge which is divorced from justice, may be called cunning rather than wisdom.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself.
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In time of war the laws are silent.
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The only excuse for war is that we may live in peace unharmed.
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Laws are silent in time of war.
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The sinews of war are infinite money.
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Those wars are unjust which are undertaken without provocation. For only a war waged for revenge or defense can be just.
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An unjust peace is better than a just war.
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In everything truth surpasses the imitation and copy.
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Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth.
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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
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This is the truth: as from a fire aflame thousands of sparks come forth, even so from the Creator an infinity of beings have life and to him return again.
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We should not be so taken up in the search for truth, as to neglect the needful duties of active life for it is only action that gives a true value and commendation to virtue.
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Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
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Confidence is that feeling by which the mind embarks in great and honorable courses with a sure hope and trust in itself.
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The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.
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In time of war the laws are silent.