Human nature craves novelty.
PLINY THE ELDERThe enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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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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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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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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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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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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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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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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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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