When a building is about to fall down, all the mice desert it.
PLINY THE ELDERNot a day without a line.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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In wine there is health.
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No one is wise at all times.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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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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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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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Hope is a working-man’s dream.
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We live by reposing trust in each other.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Nature is to be found in her entirety nowhere more than in her smallest creatures.
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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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It is ridiculous to suppose that the great head of things, whatever it be, pays any regard to human affairs.
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Many dishes bring many diseases.
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Why do we believe that in all matters the odd numbers are more powerful?
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