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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.

Pliny the Elder

It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Alone Earth Move Remain
Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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Body Enemy Foe Lust Mind Person Purse Weakness
It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Better Common Disease Evil Heath Improve Vino Wine
A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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Advice Buyer Deep Disagree Judgment Query Reflection Think
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Charming Deep Happiness Hear Men Novelty Positive Wish
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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Career Follow Men Success Taught Train Training
In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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Ability Brave Country Military Powerful Protect Sacrifice
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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Deity Kind Laughter Man Power Regard Toy Worth
Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Conscious Envy Inferior
In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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Compare Emotion Former Frustate
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Certain Philosophy Unknown
The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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Aspiration Darkness Live Measurement Reach
Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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Born Disease Dish Meat Shine Simple Worse
No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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Bad Book Knowledge Life May Success Use
It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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Citizen Class Courage Hard Work Life Men Soldier Success

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