Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
PLINY THE ELDERBut with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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Not a day without a line.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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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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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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