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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!

Pliny the Elder

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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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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.
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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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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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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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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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