Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
PLINY THE ELDERThe most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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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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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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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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Better do nothing than do ill.
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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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Chance is a second master.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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