Human nature craves novelty.
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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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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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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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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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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To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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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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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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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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