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A true friend is distinguished in the crisis of hazard and necessity; when the gallantry of his aid may show the worth of his soul and the loyalty of his heart. - [Friends] A true friend is tested in adversity. - [Proverbs] He hath freedom whoso beareth clean and constant heart within. - [Freedom] He who civilly shows the way to one who has missed it, is as one who has lighted another's lamp from his own lamp; it none the less gives light to himself when it burns for the other. [Lat., Homo qui erranti comiter monstrat viam, Quasi lumen de suo lumine accendit, facit: Nihilominus ipsi luceat, cum illi accenderit.] - quoted by Cicero in "De Officiis", 1, 16 [Help] He whose wisdom cannot help him, gets no good from being wise. - [Wisdom] Let no one honour me with tears, or bury me with lamentation. Why? Because I fly hither and thither, living in the mouths of me. [Lat., Nemo me lacrymis decoret, nec funera fletu. Faxit cur? Volito vivu' per ora virum.] - attributed to, quoted by Cicero "Tusc. Quoest.", 15, 34, latter part said to be in Ennius' "Epitaph" [Reputation] No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars. - [Ideals] One man by delay restored the state, for he preferred the public safety to idle report. [Lat., Unus homo nobis cunctando restituit rem, Non ponebat enim rumores ante salutem.] - quoted by Cicero [Delay] One man restored our fortunes by delay. [By skilfully avoiding an engagement, Fabius exhausted the resources of the enemy.] - (Latin) [Proverbs] That is true liberty, which bears a pure and firm breast. - [Freedom] They hate whom they fear. - [Hatred] To open his lips is crime in a plain citizen. - [Liberty] The wise man is wise in vain who cannot be wise to his own advantage. [Lat., Nequicquam sapere sapientem, qui ipse sibi prodesse non quiret.] - I, quoted by Cicero "De Officii", 3, 15 [Wisdom] Whom men fear they hate, and whom they hate, they wish dead. [Lat., Quem metuont oderunt, quem quisque odit periisse expetit.] - Thyestes, (Atreus log.) [Hatred] May his body rest free from evil. [Lat., Corpus requiescat a malis.] - Tusc. (I, 44), quoted by Cicero [Epitaphs]
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