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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.

Pliny the Elder

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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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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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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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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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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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