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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.

Pliny the Elder

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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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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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