The happier the moment the shorter.
PLINY THE ELDERThe best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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His only fault is that he has no fault.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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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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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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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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No one is wise at all times.
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Chance is a second master.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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Truth comes out in wine.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Such is the audacity of man, that he hath learned to counterfeit Nature, yea, and is so bold as to challenge her in her work.
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