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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.

Pliny the Elder

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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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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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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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Human nature craves novelty.
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In wine there is health.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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