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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.

Pliny the Elder

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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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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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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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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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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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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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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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Chance is a second master.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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