It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
PLINY THE ELDERAs 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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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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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert 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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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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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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