How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
PLINY THE ELDERWe listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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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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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Chance is a second master.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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