A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
PLINY THE ELDERHope is a working-man’s dream.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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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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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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