Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
PLINY THE ELDERAs for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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