Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
PLINY THE ELDERAlways act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Truth comes out in wine.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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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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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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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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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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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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