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

Pliny the Elder

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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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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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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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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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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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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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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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