Human nature craves novelty.
PLINY THE ELDERLet honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Home is where the heart is.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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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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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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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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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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