Nothing is so unequal as equality.
PLINY THE ELDERLet honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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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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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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Better do nothing than do ill.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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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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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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