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.
PLINY THE ELDERWe live by reposing trust in each other.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Truth comes out in wine.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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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 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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Home is where the heart is.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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