Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
PLINY THE ELDERIn these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements.
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Let that which is wanting in income be supplied by economy.
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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 neglect those things which are under our very eyes, and heedless of things within our grasp, pursue those which are afar off.
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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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There is always something new out of Africa.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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As land is improved by sowing it with various seeds, so is the mind by exercising it with different studies.
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Not a day without a line.
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In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
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True happiness consists in being considered deserving of it.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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