Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
PLINY THE ELDERWhy do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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Home is where the heart is.
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The only certainty is uncertainty
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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In wine there is health.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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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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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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The agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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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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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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