From the end spring new beginnings.
PLINY THE ELDERBetter do nothing than do ill.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Not a day without a line.
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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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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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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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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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