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.
PLINY THE ELDEROur youth and manhood are due to our country, but our declining years are due to ourselves.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Wine takes away reason, engenders insanity, leads to thousands of crimes, and imposes such an enormous expense on nations.
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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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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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No one is wise at all times.
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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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Let not things, because they are common, enjoy for that the less share of our consideration.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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