Home is where the heart is.
PLINY THE ELDERLet not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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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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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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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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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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