Hope is a working-man’s dream.
PLINY THE ELDERAmong these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Human nature craves novelty.
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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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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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No one is wise at all times.
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