Human nature is fond of novelty.
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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True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.
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Better do nothing than do ill.
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Man alone at the very moment of his birth, cast naked upon the naked earth, does she abandon to cries and lamentations.
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In wine there is health.
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Men are most apt to believe what they least understand; and through the lust of human wit obscure things are more easily credited.
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In wine, there’s truth.
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I would have a man generous to his country, his neighbors, his kindred, his friends, and most of all his poor friends. Not like some who are most lavish with those who are able to give most of them.
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War should neither be feared nor provoked.
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Amid the sufferings of life on earth, suicide is God’s best gift to man.
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When collapse is imminent, the little rodents flee.
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Example is the softest and least invidious way of commanding.
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Most men are afraid of a bad name, but few fear their consciences.
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Nothing which we can imagine about Nature is incredible.
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The best kind of wine is that which is most pleasant to him who drinks it.
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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