Nothing is so unequal as equality.
PLINY THE ELDERWhen a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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In wine there is health.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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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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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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