We live by reposing trust in each other.
PLINY THE ELDERSuicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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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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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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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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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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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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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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Home is where the heart is.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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