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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.

Pliny the Elder

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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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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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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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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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I think it is the most beautiful and humane thing in the world, so to mingle gravity with pleasure that the one may not sink into melancholy, nor the other rise up into wantonness.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Home is where the heart is.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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