This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
PLINY THE ELDERWhy is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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Home is where the heart is.
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No one is wise at all times.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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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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Truth comes out in wine.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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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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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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