Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
PLINY THE ELDERNature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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In wine there is health.
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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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth (In Vino Veritas).
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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Our youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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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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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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