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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.

Pliny the Elder

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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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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 touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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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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To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
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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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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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