Chance is a second master.
PLINY THE ELDERHuman nature is fond of novelty.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The depth of darkness to which you can descend and still live is an exact measure of the height to which you can aspire to reach.
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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 time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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Not a day without a line.
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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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In the literary as well as military world, most powerful abilities will often be found concealed under a rustic garb.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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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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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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There is, to be sure, no evil without something good.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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