The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
PLINY THE ELDEREnvy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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No one is wise at all times.
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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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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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It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Home is where the heart is.
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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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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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