In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
PLINY THE ELDERAs 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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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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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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In wine, there’s truth.
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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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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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I think it is the most beautiful and humane thing in the world, so to mingle gravity with pleasure that the one may not sink into melancholy, nor the other rise up into wantonness.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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