Man naturally yearns for novelty.
PLINY THE ELDER….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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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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The happier the moment the shorter.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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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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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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