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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.

Pliny the Elder

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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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No one is wise at all times.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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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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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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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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