Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
PLINY THE ELDERMany dishes bring many diseases.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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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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Home is where the heart is.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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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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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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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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