This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
PLINY THE ELDERThe brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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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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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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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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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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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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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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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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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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Chance is a second master.
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