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.
PLINY THE ELDERIn time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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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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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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No one is wise at all times.
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Home is where the heart is.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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