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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.

Pliny the Elder

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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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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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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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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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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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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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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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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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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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