There is always something new out of Africa.
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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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Not a day without a line.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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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 most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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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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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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