Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
PLINY THE ELDERThe 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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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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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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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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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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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 only certainty is uncertainty
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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