It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
PLINY THE ELDERHope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
PLINY THE ELDERWe ought to be guarded against every appearance of envy, as a passion that always implies inferiority wherever it resides.
PLINY THE ELDEROn a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
PLINY THE ELDERSuicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
PLINY THE ELDERHope is a working-man’s dream.
PLINY THE ELDERMany dishes bring many diseases.
PLINY THE ELDERAccustom 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.
PLINY THE ELDERTrue happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
PLINY THE ELDERThe only certainty is uncertainty
PLINY THE ELDERWhy do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
PLINY THE ELDERMen are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
PLINY THE ELDERIt is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
PLINY THE ELDERSuch is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
PLINY THE ELDERIt has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
PLINY THE ELDERThere is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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