Man naturally yearns for novelty.
PLINY THE ELDERAmong these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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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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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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Better do nothing than do ill.
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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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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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