No one is wise at all times.
PLINY THE ELDEROur youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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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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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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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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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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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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