Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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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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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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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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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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 only certainty is uncertainty
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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There is no book so bad that some good can not be got out of it.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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The most disgraceful cause of the scarcity [of remedies] is that even those who know them do not want to point them out, as if they were going to lose what they pass on to others.
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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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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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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