Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
PLINY THE ELDERNothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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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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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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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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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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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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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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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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