From the end spring new beginnings.
PLINY THE ELDERThe enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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Not a day without a line.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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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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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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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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