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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.

Pliny the Elder

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Adversity Men Misfortune Nature Possible Privilege Sympathy
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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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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Adaptation Adopt Causes Grab Moral Opportunity Selfish
When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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