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Perseverance is more prevailing than violence; and many things which cannot be overcome when they are together, yield themselves up when taken little by little.: Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD), Lives
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The very spring and root of honesty and virtue lie in good education.: Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD), Morals
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For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.: Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD), Morals
What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD), Discourses
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It is not easy for men to rise whose qualities are thwarted by poverty.: Juvenal (55 AD - 127 AD), Satires
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Who will guard the guards themselves? (quis custodiet ipsos custodes?): Juvenal (55 AD - 127 AD), Satires
Count it the greatest sin to prefer life to honor, and for the sake of living to lose what makes life worth having.: Juvenal (55 AD - 127 AD), Satires
The people that once bestowed commands, consulships, legions, and all else, now concerns itself no more, and longs eagerly for just two things - bread and circuses!: Juvenal (55 AD - 127 AD), Satires
You should pray for a sound mind in a sound body.: Juvenal (55 AD - 127 AD), Satires
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.: Pliny the Younger (62 AD - 114 AD), Letters
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