His only fault is that he has no fault.
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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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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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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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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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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In wine, there’s truth.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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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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From the end spring new beginnings.
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