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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.

Pliny the Elder

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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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No one is wise at all times.
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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.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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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 javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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