War should neither be feared nor provoked.
PLINY THE ELDERIt is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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