The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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 best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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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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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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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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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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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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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Truth comes out in wine.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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