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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.

Pliny the Elder

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The happier the moment the shorter.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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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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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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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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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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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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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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