Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
PLINY THE ELDERThe javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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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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