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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.

Pliny the Elder

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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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Complex Difference Envy Frustrate Inferior Passion Result
….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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Adaptation Adopt Causes Grab Moral Opportunity Selfish
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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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Fault Fine Guilt Mistake One Liner Penalty Punish
Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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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.
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Business Character Greatness Improvement Man Ourselves Power Pursuit Rule
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Country Democracy Fear Ignore Life One Liner Provoke War
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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Body Enemy Foe Lust Mind Person Purse Weakness
Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Fond Human Nature Novelty One Liner
Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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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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Country Friendship Generous Man Myself
We live by reposing trust in each other.
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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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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Alone Certain Fix Garden Recover Remain Stir Temporary
Truth comes out in wine.
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Better Disease Evil Food Heath Improve Relax Reveal Sad Time Truth Wine

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