His only fault is that he has no fault.
PLINY THE ELDERThe brain is the citadel of sense perception.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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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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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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