Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
PLINY THE ELDERLet that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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No one is wise at all times.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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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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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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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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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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