The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
PLINY THE ELDERNothing is so unequal as equality.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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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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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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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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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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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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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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