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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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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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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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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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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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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 most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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Not a day without a line.
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