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

Pliny the Elder

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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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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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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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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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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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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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