Chance is a second master.
PLINY THE ELDERIt [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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No one is wise at all times.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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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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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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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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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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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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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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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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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