It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
PLINY THE ELDERMan 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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The javelin-snake amphiptere hurls itself from the branches of trees.
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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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From the end spring new beginnings.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Nothing is more useful than wine for strengthening the body and also more detrimental to our pleasure if moderation be lacking.
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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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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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As for the garden of mint, the very smell of it alone recovers and refreshes our spirits, as the taste stirs up our appetite for meat.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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