Human nature is fond of novelty.
PLINY THE ELDERHope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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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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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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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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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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We neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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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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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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