The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
PLINY THE ELDERThis only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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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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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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