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Wise men profit more from fools than fools from wise men; for the wise men shun the mistakes of fools, but fools do not imitate the successes of the wise.

Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC), from Plutarch, Lives

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There is no witness so dreadful, no accuser so terrible as the conscience that dwells in the heart of every man.

Polybius (205 BC - 118 BC), History

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I have made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter.

Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662), "Lettres provinciales", letter 16, 1657

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The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.

Marcus Terentius Varro (116 BC - 27 BC), On Agriculture

Law stands mute in the midst of arms.

Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Milone

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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.

Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), Pro Publio Sestio

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The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.

Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), De Amicitia

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Et tu, Brute.
[You also, Brutus.]

Julius Caesar (100 BC - 44 BC), from Suetonius, Lives of the Caesars

Nothing can be created from nothing.

Lucretius (96 BC - 55 BC), De Rerum Natura

Let us go singing as far as we go: the road will be less tedious.

Virgil (70 BC - 19 BC), Eclogues