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Better do nothing than do ill.

Pliny the Elder

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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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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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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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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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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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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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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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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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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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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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