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It was a saying of Demetrius Phalereus, that ‘Men having often abandoned what was...
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The good Christian should beware the mathematician and all those who make empty prophecies....
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Eat a third and drink a third and leave the remaining third of your...
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No man is ever old enough to know better.
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If I were to try to read, much less answer, all the attacks made...
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I can sympathise with people’s pains, but not with their pleasures. There is something...
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I demand more of myself than anyone else could ever expect.
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On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be...
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I don’t know that I ever wanted greatness, on its own. It seems rather...
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Live your life so that whenever you lose, you are ahead.