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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.

Pliny the Elder

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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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