We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
PLINY THE ELDERAmid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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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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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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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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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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In wine there is health.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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