There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
PLINY THE ELDERGrief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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 brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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The happier the moment the shorter.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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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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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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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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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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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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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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The 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.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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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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