War should neither be feared nor provoked.
PLINY THE ELDERAmid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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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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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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In wine, there’s truth.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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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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From the end spring new beginnings.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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