The most valuable discoveries have found their origin in the most trivial accidents.
PLINY THE ELDERAn object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
More Pliny the Elder Quotes
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This only is certain, that there is nothing certain.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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A dear bargain is always disagreeable, particularly as it is a reflection upon the buyer’s judgment.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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Human nature craves novelty.
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Always act in such a way as to secure the love of your neighbour.
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Wine refreshes the stomach, sharpens the appetite, blunts care and sadness, and conduces to slumber.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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On a farm the best fertilizer is the master’s eye.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught. He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep.
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No book so bad but some part may be of use.
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In wine there is health.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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It [the earth] alone remains immoveable, whilst all things revolve round it.
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