As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
PLINY THE ELDERNow, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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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 best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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But with man, — by Hercules! most of his misfortunes are occasioned by man.
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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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Chance is a second master.
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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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In wine, there’s truth.
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No one is wise at all times.
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Home is where the heart is.
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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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In wine there is health.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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