Our civilization depends largely on paper.
PLINY THE ELDERThe happier the moment the shorter.
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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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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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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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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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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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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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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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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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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