Human nature is fond of novelty.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is always something new out of Africa.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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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The happier the moment the shorter.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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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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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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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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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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