We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
PLINY THE ELDERHuman nature craves novelty.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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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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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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In wine there is health.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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