No one is wise at all times.
PLINY THE ELDERWar should neither be feared nor provoked.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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Chance is a second master.
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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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Truth comes out in wine.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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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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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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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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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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