Chance is a second master.
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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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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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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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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I think it is the most beautiful and humane thing in the world, so to mingle gravity with pleasure that the one may not sink into melancholy, nor the other rise up into wantonness.
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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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Human nature craves novelty.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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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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In wine there is health.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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