The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
PLINY THE ELDERLet not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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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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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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In wine there is health.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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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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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Not a day without a line.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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