Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
PLINY THE ELDERThe best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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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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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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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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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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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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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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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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