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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.

Pliny the Elder

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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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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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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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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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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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Not a day without a line.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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