Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
PLINY THE ELDERThe most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Chance is a second master.
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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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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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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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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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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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No one is wise at all times.
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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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