How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
PLINY THE ELDERBetter do nothing than do ill.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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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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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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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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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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As 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.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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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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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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