Nothing is so unequal as equality.
PLINY THE ELDERIt is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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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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Not a day without a line.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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Chance is a second master.
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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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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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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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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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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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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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