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.
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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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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No one is wise at all times.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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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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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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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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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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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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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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