….shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.
PLINY THE ELDERNot a day without a line.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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The perverted ingenuity of man has given to water the power of intoxicating where wine is not procured. Western nations intoxicate themselves by moistened grain.
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Indeed, what is there that does not appear marvelous when it comes to our knowledge for the first time? How many things, too, are looked up on as quite impossible until they have been actually effected?
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The only thing man knows instinctively is how to weep.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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It is a maxim universally agreed upon in agriculture, that nothing must be done too late; and again, that everything must be done at its proper season; while there is a third precept which reminds us that opportunities lost can never be regained.
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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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The happier the moment the shorter.
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In comparing various authors with one another, I have discovered that some of the gravest and latest writers have transcribed, word for word, from former works, without making acknowledgment.
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Envy always implies conscious inferiority wherever it resides.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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Our civilization depends largely on paper.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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We listen with deep interest to what we hear, for to man novelty is ever charming.
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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