In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
PLINY THE ELDER
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.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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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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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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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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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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Grief has limits, whereas apprehension has none. For we grieve only for what we know has happened, but we fear all that possibly may happen.
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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to others.
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It is this earth that, like a kind mother, receives us at our birth, and sustains us when born; it is this alone, of all the elements around us, that is never found an enemy of man.
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It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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