Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
PLINY THE ELDERNothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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Accustom yourself to master and overcome things of difficulty; for if you observe, the left hand for want of practice is insignificant, and not adapted to general business; yet it holds the bridle better than the right, from constant use.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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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 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 brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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In wine there is health.
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Why is it that we entertain the belief that for every purpose odd numbers are the most effectual?
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Nothing is so unequal as equality.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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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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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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No one is wise at all times.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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