This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
PLINY THE ELDERWar should neither be feared nor provoked.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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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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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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No one is wise at all times.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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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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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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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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In wine, there’s truth.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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