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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
Pliny the Elder
HopeManWorldDreamUpPillar
The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
LiveDarknessReachYouMeasure
Home is where the heart is.
HomeHeartWhere
Hardly can it be judged whether it be better for mankind to believe that the gods have regard of us, or that they have none, considering that some men have no respect and reverence for the gods, and others so much that their superstition is a shame to them.
RespectMenBelieveBetterShameUs
It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
GoodReputationLoseMoreNever
From the end spring new beginnings.
SpringSympathyEndNewBeginnings
Truth comes out in wine.
TruthWineOut
What is there more unruly than the sea, with its winds, its tornadoes, and its tempests? And yet in what department of her works has Nature been more seconded by the ingenuity of man than in this, by his inventions of sails and of oars?
NatureSeaManSailsMoreWinds
Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
FearGriefLimitsKnowHappenMay
The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
WealthLustMankindSeemsRather
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.
WorkNatureChallengeManBoldHer
The only certainty is that nothing is certain.
NothingCertaintyOnlyCertain
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