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 ELDERSuicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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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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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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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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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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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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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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