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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.

Pliny the Elder

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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Chance is a second master.
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Not a day without a line.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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No one is wise at all times.
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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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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 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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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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