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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?

Pliny the Elder

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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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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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