In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
PLINY THE ELDERWe ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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