In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written in writing what deserves to be read and in so living as to make the world happier and better for our living in it.Pliny the Elder
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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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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With a grain of salt.
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