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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

Pliny the Elder

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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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Chance is a second master.
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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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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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No one is wise at all times.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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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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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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