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

Pliny the Elder

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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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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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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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Not a day without a line.
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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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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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