Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
PLINY THE ELDERCats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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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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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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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 touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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