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What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth?


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NICHOLAS A. FERRONI We try so hard to instruct our children in all the right things―teaching good from bad, explaining...
RICHELLE E. GOODRICH Well, Doctor, what have we gota Republic or a Monarchy?A Republic, if you can keep it.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Liberty is the most precious gift we offer our citizens.
TOM RIDGE A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, w...
GEORGE WASHINGTON There's no greater gift than thinking that you had some impact on the world, for the better.
GLORIA STEINEM Each of us views life through a different lens. What we think is colored by the baggage we carry, an...
LAURIE BUCHANAN, PHD The philosopher is greater than the Pastor or the Imam,because the philosopher is the only person th...
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THICH NHAT HANH It is in vain for man to endeavor to instruct man in those things which the Holy Spirit alone can te...
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JOHN WOODEN (UNKNOWN POEM GIVEN TO JOHN BY HIS FATHER) There is no greater love than this. There is no greater gift that can ever be given. To be willing t...
STEVEN CURTIS CHAPMAN Giving an unexpected call, letter or gift has greater power than when it is expected.
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FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike ...
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DEAN ELLER I can't teach them that game experience in the time I have them for the two years. What you can teac...
BOB SWAN We don't teach to the test. We teach a lot more than that. We teach to our standards.
DONNA DEEDS There's nothing more arrogant or conceited than youth, and there's nothing other than machinery that...
ELLIOTT GOULD Your value is no greater than your gift.
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STR8NUOUT Greater gift you can give or receive is to honour your commitment.It makes a person of self worth.
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ORISON SWETT MARDEN No one can teach you anything better than your experience.
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ROBERT E. LEE A No uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a Yes merely uttered to please, or w...
MAHATMA GANDHI A "No" uttered from deepest conviction is better and greater than a "Yes" merely uttered to please, ...
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GARY RHODES No greater injury can be done to any youth than to let him feel that because he belongs to this or t...
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THOMAS JEFFERSON I hope our wisdom will grow with our power, and teach us, that the less we use our power the greater...
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ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS What we are is God's gift to us. What we become is our gift to God.
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SHARON E. REED And I understood why he didn’t need friends or to be accepted at our shitty racist high school, be...
MATTHEW QUICK Rather than teach,"be good so as to make heaven", teach be good for this is what makes you better & ...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT We cannot always build the future of our youth, but we can build our youth for the future.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT We need to teach the next generation of children from day one that they are responsible for their li...
ELISABETH KUBLER-ROSS Building a person's self-esteem is the greatest gift you can offer.
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JULIE BROWN We want to offer better products and a broader product line than our local competitors and outperfor...
GERRIT VAN HUISSTEDE We cannot always build a future for our youth, but we can always build our youth for the future.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT We can teach from our experience, but we cannot teach experience.
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LULU MARES Our talents are the gift that God gives to us... What we make of our talents is our gift back to God
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GARY F EVANS... If the mercy of God is so great that He can instruct us, to our salvation, even when He hides Himsel...
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ANGELA SCHWINDT We can't impose our will on a system. We can listen to what the system tells us, and discover how it...
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ERIC HOFFER We'll see what the Dominican Republic can do.
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CICERO It is foolish to tear one's hair in grief, as though sorrow would be made less by baldness.
CICERO Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
CICERO Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.
CICERO A room without books is like a body without a soul.
CICERO Virtue is its own reward.
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CICERO Man is his own worst enemy.
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CICERO Whatever is done without ostentation, and without the people being witnesses of it, is, in my opinio...
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CICERO The causes of events are ever more interresting than the events themselves.
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CICERO The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.
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CICERO A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him.
CICERO We are in bondage to the law so that we might be free.
CICERO When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
CICERO Hatred is settled anger.
CICERO There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.
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CICERO The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.
CICERO Where is there dignity unless there is honesty?
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CICERO Endless money forms the sinews of war.
CICERO We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
CICERO The welfare of the people is the ultimate law.
(Salus Populi Suprema Est Lex)
CICERO The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong.
CICERO The people's good is the highest law.
CICERO Law stands mute in the midst of arms.
CICERO Our thoughts are free.
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CICERO Let your desires be ruled by reason.
(Appetitus Rationi Pareat)
CICERO Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts.
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CICERO While there's life, there's hope.
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CICERO Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
CICERO We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.
CICERO Such praise coming from so degraded a source, was degrading to me, its recipient.
CICERO The freedom of poetic license.
CICERO There is nothing so absurd but some philosopher has said it.
CICERO The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference betw...
CICERO Let the punishment match the offense.
CICERO A friend is, as it were, a second self.
CICERO When you wish to instruct, be brief; that men's minds take in quickly what you say, learn its lesson...
CICERO What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.
CICERO We are obliged to respect, defend and maintain the common bonds of union and fellowship that exist a...
CICERO To each his own.
(Suum Cuique)
CICERO To be content with what one has is the greatest and truest of riches.
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CICERO Whatever that be which thinks, understands, wills, and acts. it is something celestial and divine.
CICERO No liberal man would impute a charge of unsteadiness to another for having changed his opinion.
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CICERO The avarice of the old: it's absurd to increase one's luggage as one nears the journey's end.
CICERO What a time! What a civilization!
CICERO When you have no basis of argument, abuse the plaintiff.
CICERO By doubting we come at truth.
CICERO To be ignorant of what happened before you were born is to be ever a child. For what is man's lifeti...
CICERO I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
CICERO It is a true saying that "One falsehood leads easily to another".
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CICERO He removes the greatest ornament of friendship, who takes away from it respect.
CICERO Freedom is a possession of inestimable value.
CICERO Force overcome by force.
(Vi Victa Vis)
CICERO By force of arms.
(Vi Et Armis)
CICERO Be sure that it is not you that is mortal, but only your body. For that man whom your outward form r...
CICERO As the old proverb says "Like readily consorts with like."
CICERO Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.
CICERO All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.
CICERO Advice is judged by results, not by intentions.
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CICERO A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.
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CICERO The shifts of Fortune test the reliability of friends.
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CICERO The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.
CICERO Strain every nerve to gain your point.
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CICERO No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.
CICERO Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide.
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CICERO Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
CICERO Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator.
CICERO Laws are silent in times of war.
CICERO Superstition is a senseless fear of God.
CICERO Taxes are the sinews of the state.
CICERO There is wickedness in the intention of wickedness, even though it be not perpetrated in the act.
CICERO There is nothing so absurd that some philosopher has not already said it.
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CICERO The First Bond of Society is Marriage.
CICERO No sane man will dance.
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CICERO They do more harm by their evil example than by their actual sin.
CICERO There is no statement so absurd that no philosopher will make it.
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CICERO It is hard for the good to suspect evil as it is hard for the bad to suspect good.
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CICERO Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
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CICERO The rule of friendship means there should be mutual sympathy between them, each supplying what the o...
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CICERO Every man can tell how many goats or sheep he possesses, but not how many friends.
CICERO A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind.
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CICERO The soul in sleep gives proof of its divine nature.
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CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Hell is paved with good intentions.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) From all sides there is equally a way to the lower world. [Lat., Undique ad inferos tantundem viae...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) In nothing do men more nearly approach the gods than in giving health to men. [Lat., Homines ad d...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Philosophy is true mother of the arts. (Science) [Lat., Philosophia vero omnium mater artium.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) In the approach to virtue there are many steps. [Lat., In virtute sunt multi adscensus.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be anxious to crush the very flower ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Fewer possess virtue, than those who wish us to believe that they possess it. [Lat., Virtute enim...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Honor is the reward of virtue. [Lat., Honor est premium virtutis.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) That which leads us to the performance of duty by offering pleasure as its reward, is not virtue, b...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The more virtuous any man is, the less easily does he suspect others to be vicious. [Lat., Nam ut...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) There are no true friends in politics.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Nature abhors annihilation. [Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Things perfected by nature are better than those finished by art. [Lat., Meliora sunt ea quae natu...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) I am absolutely convinced that no wealth in the world can help humanity forward, even in the hands ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Not to be avaricious is money; not to be fond of buying is a revenue; but to be content with our ow...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The chief recommendation [in a young man] is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then aff...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Not only is that an art in knowing a thing, but also a certain art in teaching it. [Lat., Nam non...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) It is difficult to tell how much men's minds are conciliated by a kind manner and gentle speech. ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Justice extorts no reward, no kind of price; she is sought, therefore, for her own sake. [Lat., J...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Justice renders to every one his due. [Lat., Justitia suum cuique distribuit.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Extreme justice is extreme injustice. [Lat., Summum jus, summa injuria.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Let us remember that justice must be observed even to the lowest. [Lat., Meminerimus etiam adversu...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The hope of impunity is the greatest inducement to do wrong. [Lat., Maxima illecebra est peccandi ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) To the sick, while there is life there is hope. [Sp., Aegroto dum anima est, spes est.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind. [Lat., In animi securitate vitam beatam pon...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) There is no treasure the which may be compared unto a faithful friend; Gold some decayeth, and wo...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) You must therefore love me, myself, and not my circumstances, if we are to be real friends.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) A friend is, as it were, a second self. [Lat., Amicus est tanquam alter idem.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) It is generally said, "Past labors are pleasant," Euripides says, for you all know the Greek verse,...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Learning is a kind of natural food for the mind. [Lat., Doctrina est ingenii naturale quoddam pabu...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time. [Lat., Pereant amici, du...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Man is his own worst enemy. [Lat., Nihil inimicius quam sibi ipse.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) It is disgraceful when the passers-by exclaim, "O ancient house! alas, how unlike is thy present m...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) When you are aspiring to the highest place, it is honorable to the second or even the third rank. ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The diligent farmer plants trees, of which he himself will never see the fruit. [Lat., Abores ser...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) No well-informed person has declared a change of opinion to be inconstancy. [Lat., Nemo doctus un...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) At whose sight, like the sun, All others with diminish'd lustre shone.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Like, according to the old proverb, naturally goes with like. [Lat., Pares autem vetere proverbio,...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) By some fortuitous concourse of atoms. [Lat., Fortuito quodam concursu atomorum.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Calumny is only the noise of madmen.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Nothing is so swift as calumny; nothing is more easily uttered; nothing more readily received; noth...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the hi...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) First things first, second things never.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The beginnings of all things are small. [Lat., Omnium rerum principia parva sunt.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Guilt is present in the very hesitation, even though the deed be not committed. [Lat., In ipsa du...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The rabble estimate few things according to their real value, most things according to their prejud...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) That he was never less at leisure than when at leisure: nor that he was ever less alone than when a...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do with all his might. [Lat., Quod...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) What greater or better gift can we offer the republic than to teach and instruct our youth? [Lat....
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Without your knowledge, the eyes and ears of many will see and watch you, as they have done already...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) In all matters, before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made. [Lat., In omnibus negoti...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) No man was ever great without divine inspiration. [Lat., Nemo vir magnus aliquo afflatu divino unq...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Precaution is better than cure. [Lat., Praestat cautela quam medela.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned.
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) To err is human, but to persevere in error is only the act of a fool. [Lat., Cujusvis hominis est...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Our country is wherever we are well off. [Lat., Patria est, ubicunque est bene.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) But in every matter the consensus of opinion among all nations is to be regarded as the law of natu...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those of the body. [Lat., Morbi perni...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Unraveling the web of Penelope. [Lat., Penelopae telam retexens.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) He who hangs on the errors of the ignorant multitude, must not be counted among great men. [Lat.,...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Glory follows virtue as if it were its shadow. [Lat., Gloria virtutem tanquam umbra sequitur.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Like lips like lettuce (i.e. like has met its like). (Lat., Similem habent labra lactucam.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Care should be taken that the punishment does not exceed the guilt; and also that some men do not s...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an o...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) His deeds do not agree with his words. [Lat., Facta ejus cum dictis discrepant.]
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Pleasure blinds (so to speak) the eyes of the mind, and has no fellowship with virtue. [Lat., Vol...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men are caught by it as fish by a hook....
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) In everything satiety closely follows the greatest pleasures. [Lat., Omnibus in rebus voluptatibus...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) These (literary) studies are the food of youth, and consolation of age; they adorn prosperity, and ...
CICERO (MARCUS TULLIUS CICERO) It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation. [Lat., Ut adver...
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