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.
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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The desire to know a thing is heightened by its gratification being deferred.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
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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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When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
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Not a day without a line.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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Now, that the sovereign power and deity, whatsoever it is, should have regard of mankind, is a toy and vanity worthy to be laughed at.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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In time of sickness the soul collects itself anew.
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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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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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