To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
PLINY THE ELDER
Man naturally yearns for novelty.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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To laugh, if but for an instant only, has never been granted to man before the fortieth day from his birth, and then it is looked upon as a miracle of precocity.
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In wine there is health.
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Human nature is fond of novelty.
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From the end spring new beginnings.
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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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Suicide is a privilege of man which deity does not possess.
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Simple diet is best: for many dishes bring many diseases, and rich sauces are worse than even heaping several meats upon each other.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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Not a day without a line.
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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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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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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 only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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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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How many things… are looked upon as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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The best plan is to profit by the folly of others.
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