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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.

Pliny the Elder

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It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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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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Chance is a second master.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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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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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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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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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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