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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 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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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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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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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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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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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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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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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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