In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
PLINY THE ELDERTrue happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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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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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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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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Better do nothing than do ill.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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Not a day without a line.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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