Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
PLINY THE ELDEREnvy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Truth comes out in wine.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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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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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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The brain is the highest of the organs in position, and it is protected by the vault of the head; it has no flesh or blood or refuse. It is the citadel of sense-perception.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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We ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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