Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
PLINY THE ELDERHuman nature is fond of novelty.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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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 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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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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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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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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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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