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No work is of such merit as to instruct from a mere cursory perusal.
Seneca the Younger
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He, who decides a case without hearing the other side, though he decides justly, cannot be considered just.
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If you don't know what port you are sailing to, no wind is favourable.
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These individulas have riches just as we say that we 'have a fever,' when really the fever has us.
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Great men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war.
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Life is divided into three periods: that which has been, that which is, that which will be. Of these the present is short, the future is doubtful, the past is certain.
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It is a world of mischief that may be done by a single example of avarice or luxury. One voluptuous palate makes many more.
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Great is he who enjoys his earthenware as if it were plate, and not less great is the man to whom all his plate is no more that earthenware.
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