The happier the moment the shorter.
PLINY THE ELDERNature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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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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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Not a day without a line.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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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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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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