We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
PLINY THE ELDERSuicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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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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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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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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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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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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There is always something new out of Africa.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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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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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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