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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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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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No one is wise at all times.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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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.
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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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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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