Chance is a second master.
PLINY THE ELDERNo man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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In wine there is health.
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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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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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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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Truth comes out in wine.
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Not a day without a line.
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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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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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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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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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