But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
PLINY THE ELDERA short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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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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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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