Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
PLINY THE ELDERIn these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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No one is wise at all times.
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Let honor be to us as strong an obligation as necessity is to 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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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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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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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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As touching peaches in general, the very name in Latine whereby they are called Persica, doth evidently show that they were brought out of Persia first.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Man naturally yearns for novelty.
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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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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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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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There is always something new out of Africa.
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