Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
PLINY THE ELDER
A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Chance is a second master.
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No one is wise at all times.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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Home is where the heart is.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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