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Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.

Pliny the Elder

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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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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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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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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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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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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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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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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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