Chance is a second master.
PLINY THE ELDERNothing is so unequal as equality.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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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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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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Not a day without a line.
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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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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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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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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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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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