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.
PLINY THE ELDEREnvy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Human nature is fond of 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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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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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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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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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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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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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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Nature has given man no better thing than shortness of life.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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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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In wine, there’s truth.
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No one is wise at all times.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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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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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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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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Nature makes us buy her presents at the price of so many sufferings that it is doubtful whether she deserves most the name of parent or stepmother.
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….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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