An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
PLINY THE ELDERHope is a working-man’s dream.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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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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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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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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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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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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