Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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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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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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It 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.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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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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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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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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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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Home is where the heart is.
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