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There is certainly no truth in the popular belief, that a man's will is the mirror of his character.

— Pliny the Younger

Falsum est nimirum quod creditur vulgo, testamenta hominum speculum esse morum.

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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.

Never do a thing concerning the rectitude of which you are in doubt.

Oblige people never so often, and, if you deny them on a single point, they remember nothing but that refusal.

A certain large collective wisdom resides in a crowd, as such; and men whose individual judgement is defective are excellent judges when grouped together.

For History ought not to depart from the truth, and the truth is all the praise that virtuous actions need.

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