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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.

Pliny the Elder

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From the end spring new beginnings.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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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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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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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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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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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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