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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.

Pliny the Elder

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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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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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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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