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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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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Chance is a second master.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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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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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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