But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
PLINY THE ELDERThe 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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I think it is the most beautiful and humane thing in the world, so to mingle gravity with pleasure that the one may not sink into melancholy, nor the other rise up into wantonness.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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In wine there is health.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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Home is where the heart is.
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Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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