I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
PLINY THE ELDERMan naturally yearns for novelty.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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Among these things, one thing seems certain – that nothing certain exists and that there is nothing more pitiful or more presumptuous than man.
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It has become quite a common proverb that in wine there is truth.
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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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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Home is where the heart is.
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No man’s abilities are so remarkably shining as not to stand in need of a proper opportunity.
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The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils.
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Cats too, with what silent stealthiness, with what light steps do they creep up to a bird!
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Lust is an enemy to the purse, a foe to the person, a canker to the mind, a corrosive to the conscience, a weakness of the wit, a besotter of the senses, and finally, a mortal bane to all the body.
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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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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