Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
PLINY THE ELDEREnvy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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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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I think it is the most beautiful and humane thing in the world, so to mingle gravity with pleasure that the one may not sink into melancholy, nor the other rise up into wantonness.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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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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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 only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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