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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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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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No one is wise at all times.
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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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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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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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Better do nothing than do ill.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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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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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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In wine there is health.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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