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 ELDERAs land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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No one is wise at all times.
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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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The happier the moment the shorter.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
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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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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Not a day without a line.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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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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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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