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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.

Pliny the Elder

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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Man Weep
There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Fond Human Nature Novelty One Liner
No one is wise at all times.
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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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Bird Light Silence
It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Alone Earth Move Remain
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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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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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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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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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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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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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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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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Business Plan Profit
Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Conscious Envy Inferior
Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
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Better Disease Evil Heath Improve Men Vino Water Wine
On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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