Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
PLINY THE ELDERMan naturally yearns for novelty.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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A short death is the sovereign good hap of human life.
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The brain is the citadel of sense perception.
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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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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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Not a day without a line.
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Chance is a second master.
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Wine maketh the band quivering, the eye watery, the night unquiet, lewd dreams, a stinking breath in the morning, and an utter forgetfulness of all things.
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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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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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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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Better do nothing than do ill.
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A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
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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 agricultural population produces the bravest men, the most valiant soldiers,46 and a class of citizens the least given of all to evil designs.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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