Human nature is fond of novelty.
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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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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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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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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From the end spring new beginnings.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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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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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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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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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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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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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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