Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
PLINY THE ELDERNature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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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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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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From the end spring new beginnings.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Home is where the heart is.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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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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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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