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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.

Pliny the Elder

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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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Complex Difference Envy Frustrate Inferior Passion Result
Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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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 [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Alone Earth Move Remain
Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Act Eye Farmer Farming Feeding Fertilizer Income Master One Liner
Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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Affect Assume Emotion Genuine Imagine Incredible Nature
But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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