The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
PLINY THE ELDERHis only fault is that he has no fault.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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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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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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In wine there is health.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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