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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.

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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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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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 perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
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No one is wise at all times.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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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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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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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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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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