In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
PLINY THE ELDERGrief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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No one is wise at all times.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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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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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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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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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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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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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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