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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.

Pliny the Elder

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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Chance is a second master.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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