The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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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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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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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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