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His only fault is that he has no fault.
Pliny the Elder
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Gaius Plinius Secundus
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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God has no power over the past except to cover it with oblivion.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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There is alas no law against incompetency no striking example is made. They learn by our bodily jeopardy and make experiments until the death of the patients, and the doctor is the only person not punished for murder.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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All men possess in their bodies a poison which acts upon serpents and the human saliva, it is said, makes them take to flight, as though they had been touched with boiling water. The same substance, it is said, destroys them the moment it enters their throat.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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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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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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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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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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Many other means there be, that promise the foreknowledge of things to come: besides the raising up and conjuring of ghosts departed, the conference also with familiars and spirits infernal. And all these were found out in our days, to be no better than vanities and false illusions.
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