As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.
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The following passage is one of those cited by Copernicus himself in his preface to De Revolutionibus 'The Syracusan Hicetas, as Theophrastus asserts, holds the view that the heaven, sun, moon, stars, and in short all of the things on high are stationary, and that nothing in the world is in motion except the earth, which by revolving and twisting round its axis with extreme velocity produces all the same results as would be produced if the earth were stationary and the heaven in motion....'Marcus Tullius Cicero
From the moment. Ex tempore.
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We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.
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If a man aspires to the highest place, it is no dishonor to him to halt at the second, or even at the third.
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In doubtful cases the more liberal interpretation must always be preferred.
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