Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
PLINY THE ELDERMan 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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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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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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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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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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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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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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