To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
PLINY THE ELDERThe only certainty is uncertainty
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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No one is wise at all times.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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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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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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