The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
PLINY THE ELDEREnvy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Home is where the heart is.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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