Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
PLINY THE ELDERBut with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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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Human nature craves novelty.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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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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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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