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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.

Pliny the Elder

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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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