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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.

Pliny the Elder

We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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Far Grasp Hold Neglect Ourselves Pursue
No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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Diamond Gold Men Opportunity Shine Struggle
But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Adversity Men Misfortune Nature Possible Privilege Sympathy
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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Act Aware Ego Knowledge Rude Science Selfish
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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Compare Emotion Former Frustate
Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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Believe Desire God Hope Lust Men Wish
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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Eath Enemy Kind Men Mother
Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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Classic Dream Hope Luck Men Pillar Vintage Walk
Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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Deity Kind Laughter Man Power Regard Toy Worth
Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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Aware Command Example Life Positive Soft Success
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Certain Philosophy Unknown
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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Country Fruit General Good Name Peach Season Touching
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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Better Cooking Disease Evil Food Heath Improve Vino Wine
We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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Complex Difference Envy Frustrate Inferior Passion Result
It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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Affair Corporate Great Human Affair Individual Pay Respect Ridiculous
Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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Crime Expense Nation Reason Sanity Wine

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