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.
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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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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No one is wise at all times.
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In wine there is health.
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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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There is always something new out of Africa.
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It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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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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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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