Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
PLINY THE ELDERIt is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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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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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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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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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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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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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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Human nature craves novelty.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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