The first evil those who are prone to talk suffer, is that they hear nothing.
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Moral habits, induced by public practices, are far quicker in making their way into men's private lives, than the failings and faults of individuals are in infecting the city at large.Plutarch
The Heavens seemed to men to fulfill the functions of father, and the Earth of mother. The former impregnated the earth with its fertilizing rains, and the earth, receiving them, became fruitful and brought forth.
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To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future.
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Medicine, to produce health, has to examine disease.
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For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.
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They named it Ovation from the Latin ovis A Sheep.
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