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Better do nothing than do ill.

Pliny the Elder

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The happier the moment the shorter.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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