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• What is food to one man may be fierce poison to others.
  -- Lucretius (95-55 BC) -- De Rerum Natura, iv, 637...
• In the midst of the fountain of wit there arises something bitter, which stings in the very flowers.
  -- Lucretius (95-55 BC) -- De Rerum Natura, iv, 1133...
• Life is one long struggle in the dark. -- Titus Lucretius Carus (55 BC)
• Nothing can be created from nothing. Lucretius (55 BC)
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• A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.
  -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxvii, 15...
• Human life nearly resembles iron. When you use it, it wears out.
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• Within a stone's throw of it. -- Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) -- Don Quixote, Part i, Book iii, Chap.
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• Leave no stone unturned. -- Euripides (431 BC)