Better do nothing than do ill.
PLINY THE ELDERIt is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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No one is wise at all times.
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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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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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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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Chance is a second master.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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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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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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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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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Home is where the heart is.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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