We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
PLINY THE ELDER
Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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The 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.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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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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