This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
PLINY THE ELDERHope is a working-man’s dream.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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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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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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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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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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