The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
PLINY THE ELDERThe only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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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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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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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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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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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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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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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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