This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
PLINY THE ELDERIt is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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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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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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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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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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Home is where the heart is.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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