The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
PLINY THE ELDERThe enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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Not a day without a line.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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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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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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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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In wine, there’s truth.
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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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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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There is always something new out of Africa.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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