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No sick man's monstrous dream can be so wild that some philosopher won't say it's true.

— Marcus Terentius Varro

Postremo nemo aegrotus quidquam somniat tam infandum, quod non aliquis dicat philosophus.

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The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.

It was divine nature which gave us the country, and man's skill that built the cities.

There are bred certain minute creatures which cannot be seen by the eyes, which float in the air and enter the body through the mouth and nose and there cause serious diseases.

What, if as said, man is a bubble.

He who overlooks a healthy spot for the site of his house is mad and ought to be handed over to the care of his relations and friends.

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