The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
PLINY THE ELDER
When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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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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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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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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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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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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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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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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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round 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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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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