"“What progress, you ask, have I made? I have begun to be a friend to myself.” That was indeed a great benefit; such a person can never be alone. You may be sure that such a man is a friend to all mankind."

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“Curae leues locuntur, ingentes stupent.”

“Cui prodest scelus, is fecit.”

“Iniqua nunquam regna perpetuo manent.”

“Qui nil potest sperare, desperate nihil.”

“Levis est dolor qui capere consilium potest.”

“Pyrrhus: Lex nulla capto parcit aut poenam impedit.Agamemnon: Quod non vetat lex, hoc vetat fieri pudor.Pyr: Quodcumque libuit facere victori licet.Agam.: Minimum decet libere cui multum licet.”

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