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

Pliny the Elder

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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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Advice Buyer Deep Disagree Judgment Query Reflection Think
We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Charming Deep Happiness Hear Men Novelty Positive Wish
His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Fault Fine Guilt Mistake One Liner Penalty Punish
Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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Belief Emotion Entertain Number Purpose Relation Touch Trust
An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Charm Object Possession Pursuit
The only certainty is uncertainty
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Certain Decision Making Dream One Liner Uncertainty
Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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Crime Expense Nation Reason Sanity Wine
Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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Equality Irony One Liner Reality
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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Audacity Bold Challenge Learn Men Nature
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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Man Natural Novelty Yearn
Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Fond Human Nature Novelty One Liner
Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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Deep Easy Honor Motivation Obligation Important Strong
It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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Affair Corporate Great Human Affair Individual Pay Respect Ridiculous
Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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Career Follow Men Success Taught Train Training
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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Country Friendship Generous Man Myself
War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Country Democracy Fear Ignore Life One Liner Provoke War
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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Business Character Greatness Improvement Man Ourselves Power Pursuit Rule
Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Experience Explore Freedom New Result Rich Success Trust
The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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Citizen Class Courage Hard Work Life Men Soldier Success
Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Believe Math Odd Power Solve Strong Trust
Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Conscious Envy Hide Inferiority Nature One Liner Shame Shy Suspect
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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Blood Brain Donate Emotion Perception Relation
This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Alone Certain Fix Garden Recover Remain Stir Temporary
The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Accident Discover Found Life Risk Trival Valuable
Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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Better Disease Evil Food Heath Improve Relax Sad Time Wine
Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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Deserve Feel Happy Name Nature Doubt Parent Suffer

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