Hope is a working-man’s dream.
PLINY THE ELDERThe happier the moment the shorter.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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Home is where the heart is.
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In wine there is health.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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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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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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