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- The largest land animal is the elephant, and it is the nearest to man in intelligence: it understands the language of its country and obeys…
- Among these things, one thing seems certain - that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
- Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
- Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
- It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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