Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
PLINY THE ELDERThe javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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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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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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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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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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In wine there is health.
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