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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
Pliny the Elder
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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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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It has been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot is equal to the distance between the tips of the middle fingers of the two hands when extended in a straight line.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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