A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
PLINY THE ELDERNot a day without a line.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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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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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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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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In wine, there’s truth.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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Chance is a second master.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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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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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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