The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
PLINY THE ELDER….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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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.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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No one is wise at all times.
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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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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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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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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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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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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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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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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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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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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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