Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
PLINY THE ELDERSuch is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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Chance is a second master.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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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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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant 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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Home is where the heart is.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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