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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.

Pliny the Elder

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No one is wise at all times.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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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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