Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
PLINY THE ELDERBut with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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Not a day without a line.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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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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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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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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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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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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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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