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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.

Pliny the Elder

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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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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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Far Grasp Hold Neglect Ourselves Pursue
We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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Brain Future Intellect One Liner Perception Strong
The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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Blood Brain Donate Emotion Perception Relation
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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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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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No one is wise at all times.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Chance is a second master.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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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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The only certainty is uncertainty
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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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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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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