Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
PLINY THE ELDERTrue glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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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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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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Not a day without a line.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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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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Home is where the heart is.
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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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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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In wine there is health.
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Chance is a second master.
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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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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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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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